Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Tr03-092. Inscription in the altar: 注生娘娘 (Zhu Sheng Niang Niang). This is a Daoist fertility goddess who is particularly worshipped by people from Southern China, notably Hokkien and Teochew (Chaozhou) communities. Probably at Kek Lok Si (極樂寺), a Chinese Buddhist temple at Ayer Itam (Air Itam), George Town, Penang, Malaysia. See JC-s210, Tr-m50 and Tr03-091.

Caption in album or on mount

PENANG

Location

Penang

Estimated Date

1920s

Tags

• art
• religion
• temple
• vase
• diaspora
• altar
• carving
• deity
• Trobridge
• Daoism
• Daoist
• gooddess
• fertility
• childbirth
• Hokkien
• Teochew

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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