Shanxi Guild Hall

Author: Rong Lang
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: A young photographer from Shanxi spent nearly a year enduring hardships, traveling across the country, driven by a persistent dream to document the guild halls built by the Jin merchants in various places with his camera. Through his lens, we the former glory and honor of the Jin merchants, and also read their helplessness and desolation. Despite the vicissitudes of a century, the guild halls still stand tall and majestic. Although they are dilapidated and desolate, they still exude a charm that makes people unable to help but yearn for and pursue them.