The courtyard wall was still made of modern red bricks, but the moment we stepped inside, even the paving on the ground turned into ancient bricks.
What was even more astonishing was that this person’s house was not of a traditional earth-and-wood structure, but purely of wood.
The entire construction relied on mortise-and-tenon joints, and everything—from the materials used to the carvings and patterns—was extremely meticulous.
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