What is "xunpu"

Xunpu is an oyster fishing village in Quanzhou, southern Fujian, China. It is located approximately southeast of downtown Quanzhou.

The village is a regional tourist attraction, owing to its specialty product, oysters, and its traditional Han Chinese subculture. Traditional Xunpu homes, called héké cuò / ô-khak chhò , are made of oyster shells.

Xunpu's female villagers don traditional pink floral tunics with buttons to the left and loose black trousers, tie their hair in a chignon and decorate it with colorful flower garlands called zanhuawei / chiām-hoa-ûi . During the imperial era, Xunpu women did not practice footbinding, which was common in the rest of China. Some Chinese historians attribute these cultural differences to a theory that Xunpu's villagers are descendants of Arab traders, although most villagers are now devout Mazu followers, not Muslims.

Other major women fishing villages in Fujian include Hui'an and Meizhou Island.