A Western porcelain was found at the old site of Mengzi Customs, some people said it was a "urinal"

A Western porcelain was found at the old site of Mengzi Customs, some people said it was a "urinal"

Filming: Liu Guoxiong

The historical showroom of the former site of Mengzi Customs is located at No. 1 South South Road, Mengzi. Mengzi Customs was completed and officially opened in the fifteenth year of Guangxu (1889). It is one of the 21 major customs in modern China. So when we came to Mengzi, of course we had to visit here. The "Old Site of Mengzi Customs" was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Yunnan Province in 1987, and a national key cultural relic protection unit in 2006. Walking into the historical showroom of the old site of Mengzi Customs, you can see that the showroom is not big, but there are many contents inside. Through pictures and texts, physical display, animation demonstrations, etc., the historical scene of customs trade at that time is truly reproduced, and the Mengzi The historical stories carried by the former customs site are presented to the world. Among them, a Western porcelain was found, with a faucet underneath, which was shaped like a "urinal", but it was not.