Building a modern metropolis using a centuries-old technique
Alexia Bădoiu
Asia China See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Hong Kong — Every year, in the middle of summer, hundreds of Hong Kong construction workers and engineers walk up some 200 steps to Ching Lin Terrace in the seaside neighborhood of Kennedy Town. There, in one of the city’s temples , they gather and pay their respects to Lo Pan, a legendary Chinese carpenter from the Zhou dynasty and patron saint of builders and contractors. Even in the sweltering heat, workers cram into
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