Chen Clan Ancestral Hall (陳家祠堂), Guangzhou (廣州)

Chen Clan Ancestral Hall (陳家祠堂), Guangzhou (廣州)

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Tr02-093. The Chun-Ka-Chie Temple is the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall (陳家祠堂 'Chen jia citang'), also known as the Chen Clan Academy (陳氏書院 'Chen shi shuyuan'. 'A Pictorial Handbook to Canton' (1905) describes it on page 19 as: 'The largest and undoubtedly the finest ancestral temple in Canton'. A similar photograph of this temple can be found in the Library of Congress website: https://www.loc.gov/resource/stereo.1s18839/. See Tr02-092, Tr02-094, Tr02-095, Tr02-096, Tr02-097 and Sw14-012.

Caption in album or on mount

CHUN-KA-CHIE TEMPLE. CANTON.

Location

Guangzhou

Estimated Date

1920s

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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