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Liu li

Liu li wa - glazed pottery tiles used for roofs and architectural adornments.

One famous street in Beijing near Qianmen, the oldest neighborhood in the city, is named after this, the Liu li chang, the glazed pottery factory, despite that since the end of the Ming dynasty the glazed tiles works was moved from this location.

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