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Follow the Pearl River Delta westward to Jiangmen and eastward to Chaozhou and Shantou. The points orient you to the journal’s six cities and selected named places.

Guangdong, China
Guangzhou Foshan Shenzhen Chaozhou Shantou Jiangmen Nanyue King Museum: Royal Tomb Nanyue King Museum: Palace Site Chen Clan Academy Foshan Ancestral Temple Nanfeng Kiln and Shiwan Qinghui Garden Dapeng Fortress Dafen Oil Painting Village Guangji Bridge Han Yu Memorial Shantou Qiaopi Museum Kaiping Zili Village Liyuan Bird Paradise Hongxian Nü Art Center Bao’an Labor Museum

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Shantou Qiaopi Museum

Qiaopi documents join money transfer with family correspondence; the collection belongs to Shantou’s migration history.

Entrance of Shantou Qiaopi Museum.
Entrance of Shantou Qiaopi Museum.

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Entrance of Shantou Qiaopi Museum.

A Letter Folded Around a Remittance

Qiaopi joined overseas remittances to family messages. Shantou’s archive displays show how addresses, printed envelopes, handwritten notes and return receipts made a long-distance household exchange tangible.

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