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 THE 76 HOUSES:

21. Juenpa

 

Adjacent to Rongda House, Juenpa is the next THF full rehabilitation project. After the completion of Rongda, the residents of Juenpa moved out in order for their home to receive the same restorative treatment. The building is plagued by severe structural faults, due to wood-eating beetle infestation and water infiltration on the ground level. THF has begun lowering the surrounding alleyway to its original level, and has discovered that one of the apartments has served as a protectore goddess chapel in former times. The full rehabilitation is scheduled for completion in summer 2000.

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Courtyard elevation

 

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North elevation

From The 1999 Annual Report:

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Juenpa House

One of the house communities that for some time requested THF help was that of Juenpa House. Juenpa House is said to have been the site where grain was roasted and ground for the workers who built the Jokhang temple, and until some time ago a shrine in the house had preserved an original grinding stone. THF discovered that wood-eating beetles had damaged several supporting beams, causing serious settlement of the upper floor, reason enough to begin work on the site immediately after the tenants had temporarily moved out. Total spent so far: US$ 6,098.

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