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Wuxi protecting its ancestral temples

By Cang Wei in Wuxi, Jiangsu | China Daily | Updated: 2015-04-11 07:58

Cultural experts and government workers in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, are consulting the country's top professionals to protect local ancestral temples and prepare for a UNESCO World Heritage application.

According to the local government, experts from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and some top Chinese universities have been visiting Huishan ancient town, where more than 120 ancestral temples are located, to give suggestions and help with the renovation work.

Gao Dawei, a heritage protection expert with the administration, has assessed the ancestral temples and said they have the potential of becoming a world heritage site.

Wuxi protecting its ancestral temples

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