There are also relics and models represent such historic events as the great mariner Zheng He's seven naval missions (1405-1433) to Asia and Africa, and the national hero Zheng Chenggong's warships reclaiming the sovereignty of Taiwan from the Dutch naval.

Quanzhou was so cosmopolitan that many Persian, Arab, Indian, and Southeast Asian merchants, sailors, emissaries, missionaries, and officials settled down here. It was a veritable showcase of religious tolerance: Apart from Buddhism and Hinduism, Islam, Nestorianism (widely viewed as a kind of pseudo-Christianity), Manichaeism (a kind of world religion), and Taoism all made their mark in this city, hence its fame as the "world museum of religions."