Guangzhou Thirteen Hongs Museum 广州十三行博物馆
The Thirteen Hongs, aka Thirteen Factories or Canton Factories, were Qing Dynasty’s sole trading port from 1757 to 1842. They were semi-official and semi-commercial, and had the nature of monopolising trade.
Tag: Sociology
Timescale : Memories of Time in Enamelware 时光刻度 – 搪瓷中的时代记忆
An enamelware, a childhood memory, a common item that saw the tides of time.
Miyama Folklore Museum 美山民俗資料館
This is a village that came into existence because it was located at a junction of an ancient trading routeContinue Reading
Shanghai Postal Museum 上海邮政博物馆
The Shanghai Post Office Museum is a large landmark building that was built in 1924 with an interesting mix ofContinue Reading
Where Civilisations Meet
The beauty of harmony lies in diversity. Each civilisation finds beauty in itself, and beauty is shared among all.
Treasures – Male Cosmetic in Bronze Jars (Spring Autumn – Qin)
The Metropolitan Man, as we are led to believe, found in a Spring-Autumn tomb in Shaanxi.
Shanghai Museum People’s Square
It used to host the best Shang and Zhou bronzeware collection which has since been moved to the Shanghai MuseumContinue Reading
Chinese Archaeological Museum 中国考古博物馆
The visit was inspired by a fellow museum lover when I visited Shaanxi Archaeological Museum back in March. He told me about how wonderful China Archaeological Museum in Beijing is.
Treasures – Marriage Certificate (ROC)
We have played alongside millions of lovers, shared in the same shy sweetness of meeting, the same distressful tears of farewell –
Old love but in shapes that renew and renew forever.
– Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), “Unending Love”
Chasing Dragons (c. 1900s)
Given the recent K-pods addiction problems, let’s see how our forefathers tackled the opium problem.