After a long renovation, Bahay Tsinoy, a museum in Intramuros showcasing Chinese-Filipino history and culture, recently had a soft reopening, just in time for me to bring a delegation of Taiwanese university presidents and other officials to visit. Although the renovation is still ongoing, the visitors were very impressed with the wealth of information to be found in the museum. Unexpectedly, we had a prolonged stop at one exhibit, an ornately carved four-poster bed which antique collectors refer to as an Ah-tay bed, after the Sangley master artisan who made and sold fine furniture out of Binondo.

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