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In Liuchuan Village, Jiaomei, Zhangzhou, a legendary building called Tianyi general office is hidden, predating the Great Qing China Post Office by 16 years.
1880, Guo Youpin, an overseas Chinese in the Philippines, founded the Tianyi remittance bureau, specializing in remittances between Minnan and Southeast Asia. It is the earliest recorded private international post office in China. At its peak, it had 26 branches in 8 Southeast Asian countries, with annual remittances totaling tens of millions of silver dollars, accounting for nearly two-thirds of Minnan's remittances.
Stepping into the former site, the fusion of Chinese and Western architecture is striking: the north building is an iconic Nanyang-style office, its exterior carved with angels, doves of peace, and a bicycling postman, blended with Chinese floral motifs; the Wannan building has a front half of red-brick traditional house and a rear half of Western architecture, with an acrostic couplet carved above the door; there is also the former private garden Taoyuan, complete with pavilions, terraces, rockeries, and fish ponds.
The name Tianyi is taken from "the harmony between heaven and humanity, becoming one," conveying the idea that the world is one family. This century-old building carries the emotions and integrity behind countless remittances that crossed the oceans.
· Address: Liuchuan Village, Jiaomei Town, Zhangzhou Taiwan Business Investment Zone (direct navigation)
· Opening status: renovation completed in 2026, officially open to visitors
· Highlights: north building (iconic Nanyang architecture), Wannan building (Chinese and Western fusion), Taoyuan (century-old private garden)
· Visitor tips: descendants of the Guo family still live in the complex. Please be respectful when visiting

In Liuchuan Village, Jiaomei, Zhangzhou, a legendary building called Tianyi general office is hidden, predating the Great Qing China Post Office by 16 years. 1880, Guo Youpin, an overseas Chinese in the Philippines, founded the Tianyi remittance bureau, specializing in remittances between Minnan and Southeast Asia. It is the earliest recorded private international post office in China. At its peak, it had 26 branches in 8 Southeast Asian countries, with annual remittances totaling tens of millions of silver dollars, accounting for nearly two-thirds of Minnan's remittances. Stepping into the former site, the fusion of Chinese and Western architecture is striking: the north building is an iconic Nanyang-style office, its exterior carved with angels, doves of peace, and a bicycling postman, blended with Chinese floral motifs; the Wannan building has a front half of red-brick traditional house and a rear half of Western architecture, with an acrostic couplet carved above the door; there is also the former private garden Taoyuan, complete with pavilions, terraces, rockeries, and fish ponds. The name Tianyi is taken from "the harmony between heaven and humanity, becoming one," conveying the idea that the world is one family. This century-old building carries the emotions and integrity behind countless remittances that crossed the oceans. · Address: Liuchuan Village, Jiaomei Town, Zhangzhou Taiwan Business Investment Zone (direct navigation) · Opening status: renovation completed in 2026, officially open to visitors · Highlights: north building (iconic Nanyang architecture), Wannan building (Chinese and Western fusion), Taoyuan (century-old private garden) · Visitor tips: descendants of the Guo family still live in the complex. Please be respectful when visiting

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