Already given the cold shoulder by fellow villagers, he says he has also been cheated by outsiders armed with knowledge and money.
In a phone interview, he reacts with indignation when told that a replica of his family's yimi, smaller and made of polyurethane, had been exhibited in Berlin and Amsterdam last year.
He recollects that Ter Heijne and Tang had promised that whenever his family house was put on display, he would be informed beforehand and invited to be there with his mother and wife.
Erqing's documentary ends with a shot of Pinchu's mother smiling at relatives and friends gathered for a banquet on their first day in the new house.
"But I know, though I never ask, that it's a painful memory," says Erqing.
The documentary will soon be shown on the documentary channel of Yunnan TV.
By Guo Shuhan (China Daily)
Editor: Feng Hui
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