For example, places like Japan's Horyuji Temple must be extensively repaired every 20 years, even disassembled so that rotten lumber can be replaced. Fortunately, this can be done through systematically teaching traditional skills to successive generations and careful recording of the original work, so that these wooden historic sites can maintain a high level of quality and authenticity.
然而這樣的標準卻不適合於亞洲國家的木結構建築，例如日本伊勢神宮、法隆寺，在一套完整的師承與記錄中，每二十年就要重修一次，替換損壞的木料，讓木結構的古蹟得以擁有完美的品質。