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.
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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.