Culture & History
PRESERVING CULTURE & HISTORY
CERS has been involved with culture conservation for over two decades. It started as documentation of many indigenous cultures unique to China’s minority nationalities, many of which were in the process of disintegration, assimilation, or simply eclipsing in modern times. We gradually moved into the design and implementation of culture projects, at times involving entire local communities. We preserve both material and intellectual culture. In the former we sometimes conserve and restore entire ensembles of architecture, up to twenty houses or more in some projects. In the latter we document and support collections of ethnic music and legends. CERS is also an important repository of many old records, select pictures and films.

Coastal China: Fishing Ports and Scenic Villages
Where is this?”… “You left China already?” Such are the questions from a few friends who received my pictures online. Indeed the pictures I posted

YEAR OF THE YAKWith some reflections on trust
I was born in 1949 during the Year of the Ox. But having spent a good part of my life on the high plateau, I