In a gray-tiled house along Liyang Old Street in Huangshan city, East China's Anhui province, sits an extraordinary studio.
When businessman Huang Zhiyong walked into a traditional complex in Shiting village in Anhui province in 2012, he found the majority of the buildings lay in ruins. Parts of the wooden structures had decayed and walls had collapsed.
The misty, favorable climate of Huangshan, characterized by its mountainous terrain and aerated soil, nurtures the distinctive qualities of Taiping Houkui, sustaining an agroindustrial pillar of the district.
