TAC features Beijing heritage protection

[Meara Butler]

Apologies as always for the necessity of cross-posting...
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Friends and colleagues: Proponents of cultural heritage protection in
China are making gains in conveying their perspectives to fellow
citizens and to key decision-makers. The Beijing Cultural Heritage
Protection Center (CHP) in 2009 successfully lobbied to halt the
demolition of an important structure in a traditional Beijing hutong
neighborhood, as documented by Number 24 Beizongbu Hutong: Liang
Sicheng and Lin Huiyin’s Former Residence, the latest video feature on
our nonprofit streaming-media Web site, The Archaeology Channel
(http://www.archaeologychannel.org).

This short film, produced by the CHP, displays the dilapidated state
of the former 20th Century hutong residence of Mr. Liang Sicheng and
his wife, Ms. Lin Huiyin, in Beijing. The couple was among China’s
most famous art and architecture experts, particularly in exploring
Chinese ancient architecture. The former residence, badly damaged by
a real estate development project, is a valuable cultural heritage
symbol that once belonged to people who made influential contributions
to Chinese art and architecture throughout their lifetimes.

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Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
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Meara Butler
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Archaeological Legacy Institute List Serve Coordinator