TOURIST ACCIDENTALLY BURNS DOWN SACRED CHINESE TEMPLE A sacred Chinese Temple was destroyed by a massive fire after a tourist mishandled a ceremonial candle. Flames and thick black smoke were captured pouring from the sacred three-story temple on Fenghuang Mountain in Zhangjigang, Jiangsu province. The temple, commissioned in 2008 and completed in 2009, was heavily damaged, but thankfully no injuries were reported. Officials also confirmed the site didn’t contain any ancient architectural relics

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The Nanyue Temple complex in central China’s Hunan Province is widely regarded for its intricate architecture. Zhang Jianhua, a cultural inheritor of the traditional art of wood carving, tells us more about the creation and maintenance of these historic structures. #woodcarving #handicraft #chinese #traditional #rootsrediscovered #intangibleculturalheritage | CGTN China24