A port in a bowl
Follow Xiamen’s shacha noodles from sauce and noodle pot to the wider maritime connections that shape a flexible coastal food culture.
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Under the upper floor
Walk Xiamen’s Zhongshan Road through its qilou arcades, maritime connections and the changing threshold between shops, homes and pavement.
How to read Amoy Deco
Learn to read Amoy Deco on Gulangyu through building forms, garden thresholds and the architectural choices of overseas-Chinese patrons.
The work of a living temple
Understand Nanputuo Temple in Xiamen through Guanyin devotion, Buddhist study, volunteer work and the changing craft of vegetarian cooking.
The school town built across an ocean
Explore Jimei School Town through Tan Kah Kee’s educational ambitions, overseas connections and an architectural landscape made for learning.
Who keeps Gulangyu sounding?
Meet Gulangyu’s musical culture through family practice, instrument repair and performances that connect organs, chamber music and Chinese instruments.
A garden with the sea outside its walls
Read Shuzhuang Garden on Gulangyu through Lin Erjia’s family connections, shoreline composition and the changing scale of rocks, paths and sea.
An island made by many worlds
Explore Gulangyu’s international settlement through its lanes, overseas-Chinese builders and the everyday work of keeping an island inhabited.