Posted Oct 21, 2014, 2:08 PM
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Bhakti Mandir - Mangarh, Uttar Pradesh, India (Built 2005)
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Originally Posted by pissybits
Most of the historical revival architecture in China nowadays however is extremely kitschy and can hardly be called traditional. Out of the urban examples or the ones that involve the state/major developers, the ones that are actually faithful to traditional styles and techniques are few and far between.
Here are some exceptions:
The Miao ethnic minority are among the last people in China to regularly construct new buildings with mostly traditional techniques. They have been quite successful at making their villages into tourist attractions and most of the buildings in these pictures are recently built hotels.
A hotel in Guilin built in the style of traditional mud-brick farmhouses. (The kind my grandfather was born in!) It's not cheap though, apparently it's $302 a night for a suite, $236 a night for a king bed, $245 for a room with 2 beds, $130 for a single.
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Originally Posted by pissybits
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