Chen Clan Ancestral Hall (陳家祠堂), Guangzhou (廣州)
Collection
Identifier
Tr02-094
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Tr02-094. The Chun-Ka-Chie Temple is the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall (陳家祠堂 'Chen jia citang') is 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, Tr02-093, Tr02-095, Tr02-096, Tr02-097 and Sw14-012.
Caption in album or on mount
CHUN-KA-CHIE TEMPLE, CANTON.
Caption on photograph
CHUN-KA-CHIE, MIDDLE HALL, CANTON. / PHOTO BY AH FONG
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