{"id":43990,"date":"2025-09-05T17:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43990"},"modified":"2025-09-05T17:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:08:42","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-officials-suspended-after-roof-tiles-fall-from-traditional-style-building-in-east-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43990","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Officials suspended after roof tiles fall from traditional-style building in East China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/512px-20240807_Fengyang_Gulou_Drum_Tower_Yumeto_commons_wiki_050925.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/512px-20240807_Fengyang_Gulou_Drum_Tower_Yumeto_commons_wiki_050925.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/512px-20240807_Fengyang_Gulou_Drum_Tower_Yumeto_commons_wiki_050925.png 512w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/512px-20240807_Fengyang_Gulou_Drum_Tower_Yumeto_commons_wiki_050925-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>image for illustration: &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:20240807_Fengyang_Gulou.jpg\">Drum Tower<\/a>&#8216; Yumeto, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities in Chuzhou, East China&#8217;s Anhui Province have taken disciplinary actions following the large-scale detachment of roof tiles from the Drum Tower in Fengyang County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Global Times<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 The incident involved the Drum Tower, a traditional-style building reconstructed in 1995 and most recently renovated in 2024,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 The statement followed several viral videos online showing a large number of roof tiles falling from the top of the tower&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202505\/1334751.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: &#8216;Drum Tower&#8216; Yumeto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Authorities in Chuzhou, East China&#8217;s Anhui Province have taken disciplinary actions following the large-scale detachment of roof tiles from the Drum Tower in Fengyang County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,18,23,9,29,22],"class_list":["post-43990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-expertise","tag-government","tag-heritage","tag-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43992,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43990\/revisions\/43992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}