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.