Philippine Consulate General representatives visited three (3) of the twenty-two (22) sites included in the recently-minted World Heritage Sites, enlisted in UNESCO as “Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China.” The Consulate General also visited the Quanzhou Maritime Museum and the Quanzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum. For more about the World heritage Sites in Quanzhou, visit www.whc.unesco.org
Left Photo: L-R: Ms. Gao Bizhu, Head of Consular and Cultural Division of Quanzhou Foreign Affairs Office (FAO),
Vice Consul and Acting Head of Post of the Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen Ms. Elaine Mae Laruan-Hernandez,
and Mr. Huang Wenkeng, Head of the Qingjing Mosque, stand at the entrance of Qingjing Mosque.
Right Photo: L-R: Ms. Gao Bizhu, Head of Consular and Cultural Division of Quanzhou Foreign Affairs Office (FAO),
Vice Consul and Acting Head of Post of the Philippine Consulate General in Xiamen Ms. Elaine Mae Laruan-Hernandez,
and Mr. Huang Wenkeng, Head of the Qingjing Mosque, stand at the entrance of Qingjing Mosque.
Left Photo: L-R: Mr. Fubin Huang, PCG Xiamen interpreter, Ms. Gao Bizhu of Quanzhou FAO, Ms. Huang Haojing,guide at the
Quanzhou Maritime Museum, Vice Consul Laruan-Hernandez and her family, Ms. Regina De la Fuente, and Mr. Reigfred Albello.
Right Photo: A replica of a Balangay (rightmost), donated by the Balangay Philippine Expedition Team during their visit to the
Quanzhou Maritime Museum in 2018, is included in the museum’s Ancient Sailboats Exhibition Section.
Left Photo: Shihu Dock, constructed between 712-741 during the Tang Dynasty and restored several times during the Song Dynasty.
Right Photo: The famous Quanzhou lantern—one of the displays at the Quanzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum
