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Tanmen in Qionghai has long lived toward the sea. The museum brings fishermen's navigation records, underwater archaeology, export objects and marine specimens into one public institution, connecting a coastal community with wider sailing routes.

Evidence of the South China Sea on the Tanmen coast

Tanmen in Qionghai has long lived toward the sea. The museum brings fishermen's navigation records, underwater archaeology, export objects and marine specimens into one public institution, connecting a coastal community with wider sailing routes.

  • Recognise the setting in which culture actually occurs — Distinguish the evidence offered by route books, shipwreck finds, vessel models and natural specimens before tracing how the galleries connect human movement, trade and marine ecology.
  • Participate only where the setting clearly allows it — Choose one thematic route and move slowly, using the museum's public interpretation to check dates, findspots and provenance. Visit the outdoor display only when it is open and follow the marked circulation.
  • Separate residents’ lives, ritual and performance — Do not touch objects or cross barriers, and do not turn fishermen's knowledge, archaeological finds and marine life into a single legend. Photograph people and community material only where the museum permits it.

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Evidence of the South China Sea on the Tanmen coast

Region: Hainan

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