An incongruous corner of the colonial centre: a 19th-century house decorated with Chinese motifs — round moon-windows, painted dragons, and tile detail in red and gold — built or remodelled by a small Chinese trading community that settled in Yucatán in the late 1800s as henequen labour and shopkeepers. It now stands quietly behind a closed gate on a residential side street, photogenic but no longer in use.
The Casa China is interesting as a reminder that the Yucatán's history of immigration is broader than the obvious Spanish and indigenous tracks — Korean, Cuban, Lebanese, and Chinese communities all left marks here. You can see the facade from the street; the building is not open to visitors.