Create Mountains and Rivers in Shanxi

If you think ancient buildings are just "old houses", this book will completely subvert your understanding. Banhua, the 49th generation "Golden Repairer", discovered the secret left behind by his grandmother when he was repairing the hanging sculpture of Xiao Xitian - half of the original "Creation Method" and a "temple keeper" inheritance that lasted for two thousand years. From the underground chambers of the ancient city of Pingyao to the original Tang Dynasty structure of the East Hall of Foguang Temple; from the earthquake-resistant code of the wooden pagoda in Yingxian County to the ax traces of the Yungang Grottoes - every ancient building is a three-dimensional puzzle left by our ancestors. This is no ordinary suspense novel. The author uses surgical precision to dismantle the mechanical principle of "seven pavilions with two ridges and two bottoms"; uses the intangible cultural heritage technique of gold repair to interpret the Eastern philosophy of "breaking is not the end"; uses the ancient and modern dialogue between "Kaogong Ji" and "Building French Style" to reconstruct the intellectual genealogy of Chinese architecture. The obsession of two generations of mother and daughter, and the perseverance of three generations of temple keepers converge under the thousand-year-old cypress tree of Jinci Temple. When Banhua finally understands the hidden patterns on her grandmother's silver thimble, you will understand: Those seemingly silent brackets and beams have actually never stopped telling.