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Chinese Architecture- Guangzhou
(Canton) Wongtaisin Temple |
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Guangzhou, China |
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recent |
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Historicist |
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Base and outside walls are made of brick, the balustrades made of stone, and the eaves and banisters encircling the structure are made of wood. |
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Wongtaisin is the Cantonese pronunciation; in Mandarin it’s Huangdaxian.
Wongtaisin is a Taoist god who is said to have been born in the 4th
century in Zhejiang Province and later achieved immortality by his study
of Taoist secrets. The temple is obviously a brand new one (probably
built with money from overseas Chinese donors). Despite the fact that it
is a Taoist temple, one of the three main halls is dedicated to Guanyin,
a Buddhist bodhisattva. Another of the four gods enshrined in the south
halls is Confucius. The third major god here is Master Lu, a Tang era
Taoist who was originally known as Lu Dongbin. Bibliography All images copyright 2001 Professor Kerk L. Phillips of Brigham Young University, Utah, USA. Visit his webpage at www.pomosa.com |
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With special thanks to www.orientalarchitecture.com |
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