06:42, 18-Aug-2017
Thicker Than Water: Museum bears witness to Fujian-Taiwan kinship
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Quanzhou city in Fujian Province is known as the hometown of overseas Chinese. And over 40% of the total population in Taiwan is descended from natives of the province. The Fujian-Taiwan Kinship Museum in Quanzhou city tells the story of those blood lines. CGTN's Hu Nan has more.
Crossing the strait, the ancestors from Fujian province landed on Taiwan island and became a major part of the local ethnic mix. The joint efforts in exploring Taiwan have generated the same cultural origin, religious beliefs, customs and folkways.
ZHANG YOUKE VISITOR We're from Tainan city. We feel the human touch and affinity here, the exhibition has raised the cultural exchange between the Mainland and Taiwan.
The museum has received over 10 million visitors in 10 years. 700-thousand came from Taiwan.
FAN YITING CHIEF DOCENT, FUJIAN-TAIWAN KINSHIP MUSEUM The exhibition collections have made great strides in recent years. We have collected 3,146 sets of cultural relics and over a third are coming from Taiwan. Meanwhile, we have exported 23 exhibitions in 8 categories to Taiwan, to improve cross-Strait cultural exchange and communication. Hu Nan, CGTN, Quanzhou, Fujian Province.