To proceed with a flood-prevention project while fully preserving the historic site, workers managed to displace the house in just nine days using complex engineering technology.

Jacks are installed beneath the house before the moving starts. [Photo/ zj.zjol.com.cn]

"This is the first time a cultural protection site in Shaoxing has been displaced, and the second one in Zhejiang province. The advanced technology we have used this time allows us to protect cultural sites in Zhejiang and beyond," said Zheng Jianhua, deputy director of the Zhejiang cultural heritage administration.