Xiamen Culture!

One of our hosts, William, brought us to the Xiamen Museum... a gorgeous building which gives the history of Xiamen. The City was called "Amoy" by the British though it was first "discovered" by the Dutch who came there to trade since Xiamen is on the sea. The tea trade was quite lucrative.  Of course, the Europeans looked down on the native Chinese. Eventually, the Chinese were able to get rid of their occupation - with "civil" war.



One of the early Chinese leaders in Xiamen





Alex: outside of the museum in the sculpture garden




Various deities from Chinese mythology

 Here are some photos from the museum.