Guandi Temple, Dongshan Island, southern Fujian province

Guandi Temple, Dongshan Island, southern Fujian province

Collection

Maxwell Family

Identifier

Mx02-047

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Mx02-047. Cadbury Research Library archive finding number: DA26/2/2/1 (John Preston Maxwell Papers). Women are washing laundry in the pool, while fishing nets are stretched out to dry in the foreground. Guandi Temple (or Wu Temple or Temple of Guan Yu). Tangsoa or Tungshan is now Dongshan. See Mx02-048 (which is a photograph of the temple entrance).

Caption in album or on mount

Temple of the god of War. Tang-soa city hill.

Location

Dongshan

Estimated Date

1902

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Cadbury Research Library (Special Collections), University of Birmingham