Tibetan colors and gilding are frequently mentioned in Chinese texts, and several monuments survive northwest of Beijing and in Hangzhou in southeast China that were designed by Tibetan monks and were very likely built and carved by both Tibetan and Chinese artists.

We were sitting in back.

I was unprepared for the change in attire and started slightly when the alectryomancer reappeared.

The paint on the walls was cracked and peeling. It had an air of ungenteel decay.