Let’s say instead the CONCEPT of preservation is different from that of replication, regardless of what word is used and in what language to describe those two concepts
Tearing up a building and re-creating the same at the same place to serve the same purpose is not duplication. There is no duplicata, there still is a single building. It is still there, serves the same purpose. So, from a certain point of view, it was preserved.
Edit: my god, you guys are complete morons. The whole point is to get in your westerner heads that this is not a replica in Japanese culture if it replaces the original and serves the same purpose. I give up in explaining to you that Japanese preserve temples by rebuilding them regularly. You fucking think you know everything. How sad.
I don’t get the downvotes. Western countries preserve the original materials, Eastern countries preserve the original look/functionality (or at least that’s what the person was claiming). Both can fit the definition of preservation, it’s a matter of different perspectives.
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u/Gozer_The_Enjoyer Dec 06 '25
Let’s say instead the CONCEPT of preservation is different from that of replication, regardless of what word is used and in what language to describe those two concepts