Lijiang is a well preserved 1,000+ year old town in the Yunnan province of China (near Tibet). The Mu family residence made up a large section of the old town, and their private temple can be seen on the left towering above the rest of the village. The old town of Lijiang a touristy destination now (mostly within Asia), but it's still worth a visit. Unlike the stone and masonry buildings in Europe from this era, these structures were built almost entirely from wood, so it's amazing that they have survived for over a millennium.
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