“…Built with lime, many historic building structures have survived until the present. Different lime mortars were found in ancient China, including almost pure lime as masonry mortars or surface plasters for ground and wall (B. Li et al, 2013; Liu, Cui, & Zhang, 2016b; Qi et al, 2022; Wei et al, 2015), mortars made of lime and sand for city walls or rammed base for palaces (Liu et al, 2015; Liu, Yang, & Zhang, 2016), mortars made of lime and clay as tomb plasters or coffin sealing materials (B. Li et al, 2013; L. Zheng et al, 2014) and tabia mortars made of lime, soil and sand to build the base of ground or forts (Chen, 1993; Miao et al, 1981; X. Wang et al, 2021; Yuan et al, 2010).…”