With the construction of the new Strait Culture and Art Center SCAC, the capital of the eastern Chinese province of Fujian has made its mark on the map of China's cultural locations. The Finnish firm PES Architects Pekka Salminen designed the ensemble of opera house, concert hall, multifunctional hall, museum, and multiplex cinema, which opened in 2018, in the form of a shining white jasmine blossom, the symbolic flower of the city on the Min River. Yet the architects referred to Chinese traditions not only on a symbolic level: they also used locally produced porcelain tiles and bamboo for the fa