Flower Pagoda or Flowery Pagoda (花塔) at the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees or Liurong Temple (六榕寺), Guangzhou (广州)

Collection
Identifier
UB01-19
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: UB01-19. From an album held in University of Bristol Library, Special Collections (ref: DM2520/1). The Hua Ta (花塔 Flower, or Flowery, Pagoda) was first constructed in 1047. It is often simply referred to by the name of the temple it is a part of, i.e. 六榕寺 Liurong si = Temple of the Six Banyan Trees. Su Dongpo wrote a poem about the six luxuriant banyan trees, after a visit in 1100. The pagoda is nine stories on the outside, but seventeen stories inside. See AB-s03, Hu-s06, Hv40-51 and VH03-70.
Caption in album or on mount
The Flowery pagoda. Canton
Caption on photograph
FLOWERY PAGODA CANTON
Location
Estimated Date
1880-1890
Photographer
Dimensions
212mm x 269mm
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
University of Bristol Library, Special Collections