Chinese pickle jars in Kerala, India (and an influence in architecture)
(Source: When I was a kid, I read about an old folk tale which was published in the Indian comic book, "Tinkle" and it told me about how the Chinese influenced Kerala's culture after befriending a family in Kerala who rescued a Chinese traveller who washed ashore with his wares. I did some more digging and research to check if this story is true and, sure enough, there are multiple other sources confirming this to be true by even informing me about the local name to these jars as well.) Kerala used jars used by Chinese travellers to mostly store their items as traders but then, as the folk tale claims, after helping the Chinese merchant, a woman in the family in Kerala looked at the jars and thought of using it to store pickles. Yes, there is a name for these jars and they are named as "cheena bharani" which other sources came (And by pickles, I don't mean the Americanised word. It's a delicacy in India. Another name for it is "achaar", if I...
