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Nezha altar on the back wall of Ancient Guanyin Temple (Guanyin gumiao 觀音古廟) (ศาลเจ้ากวนอิม San Tchaw Kuan Im) Anderl, Christoph; Johansen, Kira; Thomson, Oliver; Sirothphiphat, Saly
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The Ancient Guanyin Temple (觀音古廟) (ศาลเจ้ากวนอิม San Tchaw Kuan Im) is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand. This one room neighborhood temple was constructed during the reign of King Rama V, roughly from 1853-1910, as specified by the temple caretaker. The caretaker said that the temple was bombed during the Japanese invasion of Thailand in 1941, but was later rebuilt. The temple regularly hosts chanting groups, the majority of whom were specified to be Teochew Chinese (唐人). The caretaker stated that the temple has no state support, but does regularly pay money to a Chinese foundation. It is not known to what extent the temple has been renovated, nor how often, but the most recent set of renovations occured in 2021. The following images show the altar on the back wall to the right of the main altar. Image 01 shows an overview of the altar, with the inscription above reading from right to left 太子爺. Image 02 shows a close-up of the altar deity, the Daoist deity Nezha (哪吒). Image 03 and Image 04 show close-ups of the lion offerings and other offerings at the base of the altar box. Image 05 shows the objects to the right of this box, featuring 3 golden figures, flowers, pearl offerings, and a framed document with Chinese writing. Metadata created and compiled by: Kira Johansen.
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Nezha altar on the back wall of Ancient Guanyin Temple (Guanyin gumiao 觀音古廟) (ศาลเจ้ากวนอิม San Tchaw Kuan Im)
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2023-05-25
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The Ancient Guanyin Temple (觀音古廟) (ศาลเจ้ากวนอิม San Tchaw Kuan Im) is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand. This one room neighborhood temple was constructed during the reign of King Rama V, roughly from 1853-1910, as specified by the temple caretaker. The caretaker said that the temple was bombed during the Japanese invasion of Thailand in 1941, but was later rebuilt. The temple regularly hosts chanting groups, the majority of whom were specified to be Teochew Chinese (唐人). The caretaker stated that the temple has no state support, but does regularly pay money to a Chinese foundation. It is not known to what extent the temple has been renovated, nor how often, but the most recent set of renovations occured in 2021. The following images show the altar on the back wall to the right of the main altar. Image 01 shows an overview of the altar, with the inscription above reading from right to left 太子爺. Image 02 shows a close-up of the altar deity, the Daoist deity Nezha (哪吒). Image 03 and Image 04 show close-ups of the lion offerings and other offerings at the base of the altar box. Image 05 shows the objects to the right of this box, featuring 3 golden figures, flowers, pearl offerings, and a framed document with Chinese writing. Metadata created and compiled by: Kira Johansen.
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chi
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Author Affiliations: Ghent University, Florida State University, Edinburgh University, Harvard University
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2024-03-22
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0440919
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Unreviewed
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Faculty; Graduate; Undergraduate
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Attribution 4.0 International