The Site of Southern Clan Office was an administrative agency established for Song Dynasty kinsmen who relocated to Quanzhou in 1130 and later. [Photo by Wang Jun for chinadaily.com.cn]
This was an administrative agency established for the Song Dynasty imperial clansmen who relocated to Quanzhou in 1130 and thereafter. The imperial clansmen embodied by this site were the most influential part of Quanzhou’s cosmopolitan multi-cultural communities during the Song Dynasty.