But in the days before blueprints, the task of constructing a temple or a private residence was often divided between two master builders, each of whom went ahead on their own, with a cloth hung up along the center to keep them from observing each other's progress.
可是在以前沒設計圖的時代，把一棟廟宇或民宅，由中間或前後一分為二剖開，交給兩位師傅「各自為政」興築，中線還用布幔密隔，不能相互「觀摩」，可就有點… …。難道他們不會蓋歪或拼不齊？