An antique-style wall encircles the county in Jinyuan district, Taiyuan city. [Photo/VCG]

Based on the principle of preserving the ancient appearance, the reconstruction team committed to retaining its original building components as much as possible and restoring the county in accordance with residential building styles in the Ming Dynasty.

So far, the city walls encircling the county have been completed, while restoration of the ancient buildings and environment are underway.