Tracing Roots through Xiamen's 'Three Great Medicinal Liquors': The Qing Industrial Giants You Should Know Beyond Tan Kah Kee
Introduction: The Scent of Xiamen in Nanyang Households In the old family residences of Singapore, Penang, or Manila, one often finds aged medicinal liquor bottles emblazoned with “Lion Globe” or “Double Dragon” logos. For many second- and third-generation overseas Chinese, these fragrant fluids were essential—used by elders to ward off the chill on rainy days or to soothe muscles after long hours of labor. These were not merely famous “Amoy souvenirs”; they were “liquid family letters” connecting the bloodlines of Southeast Asia and Southern Fujian. ...