The restoration of this complex of buildings named Shan-Shaan - Trade Guild, Corporation of Merchant - that dates back to the

18th century AD in the city of Luoyang, Henan province, took place in 2004 within the Sino-Italian

Cooperation Training Program on Restoration of Cultural Relics organized by the ISIAO

- Italian Institute for Africa and the Orient -, the Tuscia University, and the

CNICP - China National Institute of Cultural Property.

The specific area of the intervention was the

outstanding stonework of the

"Screen Wall" and other

decorated architectural

elements of the

complex.