I roto i te umanga mīhini kakahu o te ao, he mea nui te wāhi hanga ki te whakatau i te kounga, te whai huatanga, me te pono mō te wā roa. Kei Quanzhou a Morton, tētahi o ngā pokapū mīhini kakahu nui rawa atu o Haina, ā, kua hangaia e ia tōna kaha i runga i ngā tekau tau o te tohungatanga ā-rohe me te whakapai tonu i te hangarau i roto i teMīhini PorowhitameMīhini Rakate whakaputanga.
E mōhiotia whānuitia ana a Quanzhou mō tana mekameka ahumahi kakahu katoa. Mai i te whakarewatanga tika me te tukatuka miihini ki te tuku waahanga me te huihuinga whakamutunga, kei te rohe he pūnaha hanga kua pakeke. Mā tēnei turanga ahumahi ka taea e Morton te pupuri i te mana kounga tino tika puta noa i ia wāhanga o temīhini whatu porowhitate whakaputa. Mā te tata o ngā kaiwhakarato motuhake me ngā tohunga hangarau ka tutuki ngā paerewa rauemi me te mahi tahi hangarau whai hua.

Mōmīhini porowhitaI roto i te hangahanga, he mea nui te pumau o te hanganga. Ka whakamahia e Morton ngā pūkenga miihini matatau o Quanzhou hei whakarite i ngā pūnaha kāmera tino tika, ngā anga hurihuri taurite, me ngā moenga ngira pakari. Ka pā tika ēnei huānga ki te tika o te hanganga koropiko me te pumau o te mahi mō te wā roa i roto i ngā taiao whatu tere-rahi.
I roto i te whanaketanga o te mīhini raka, ka nui ake te hiranga o te tika. Ko te mahi tukutahi o ngā moenga ngira takirua me whai tika te whakaritenga miihini me te hononga cam. Mā te tautoko a te hunga mahi hangarau mātau o Quanzhou me te hanganga whakaputa kua whakapumautia, ka taea e Morton te whakaputangā mīhini rakae whakarato ana i ngā hanganga papanga taurite, ngā mata maeneene, me te pumau o ngā āhuatanga.
Haunga ngā taputapu, kua hangaia e ngā wheako ā-rohe ki te mahi ki ngā mākete kaweake te māramatanga o Morton ki ngā whakaritenga kakahu o te ao. Mai i te hanga kākahu hākinakina i te Tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Āhia ki te hanga kākahu whatu i Ūropi me te Waenganui Rawhiti, kua hangaia ngā mīhini porowhita me ngā mīhini raka a Morton kia urutau ki ngā momo miro rerekē, ki ngā matotoru o te papanga, me ngā āhuatanga whakaputa.
Ehara i te mea he painga ā-whenua anake te noho ki Quanzhou—engari he tohu urunga ki tētahi whatunga ahumahi katoa, he mahi toi pūkenga, me te tohungatanga mīhini kakahu mō te wā roa. Mā te whakakotahi i tēnei kaha ā-rohe me te auahatanga tonu, ka haere tonu a Morton ki te whakarato ratonga pono.mīhini porowhitame ngā otinga mīhini raka mō ngā kaihanga kakahu o te ao katoa.