Qiaopi Database

The Qiaopi Database is a digital project conducted by the
Shantou University Library to display and promote its
special colleciton of Qiaopi (侨批), remittance receipts
in the form of family letters from overseas Chinese to
their families in China. Most of the surviving qiaopi have
been preserved by archives in Guangdong and Fujian
Province. Qiaopi, as a unique type of historical
documents, has been recognized since 2003 as the world's
documentary heritage on the list of the UNESCO Memory of
the World. This database of Shantou University has
information and digital images about 30,000 pieces of
qiaopi.