Historical Photographs of China

Lion sculpture (shishi 石獅) in front of the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall (陳家祠堂), Guangzhou (廣州)

Lion sculpture (shishi 石獅) in front of the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall (陳家祠堂), Guangzhou (廣州)

Collection

Trobridge, George

Identifier

Tr02-095

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Tr02-095. 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'. See Tr02-092, Tr02-093, Tr02-094, Tr02-096, Tr02-097 and Sw14-012.

Caption in album or on mount

CHUN-KA-CHIE TEMPLE, CANTON.

Caption on photograph

PHOTO BY AH FONG. LION IN FRONT OF TEMPLE CHUN-KA-CHIE, CANTON.

Location

Guangzhou

Estimated Date

1920s

Photographer

Ah Fong

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph