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Island altar in the middle 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 from the temple caretaker. 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. Image 01 shows an overview of the middle temple altar from the perspective of the front doors. Image 02 shows a close-up of the island in the middle temple, featuring a figure, likely Budai as well as tea, milk, and water offerings, a Guanyin figure, an incense pot with golden flowers, and candles. There is a guardian deity, most likely Weituo, or Skanda 塞建陀, to the left of the large Budai. This figure has a smaller third eye in between its eyebrows, which usually represents hightened wisdom. Image 03 shows a close up of the cup offerings on the table, featuring the Chinese inscription 金玉滿堂 (gold and jade shall fill the hall). Metadata created by: Kira Johansen.
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Island altar in the middle 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 from the temple caretaker. 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. Image 01 shows an overview of the middle temple altar from the perspective of the front doors. Image 02 shows a close-up of the island in the middle temple, featuring a figure, likely Budai as well as tea, milk, and water offerings, a Guanyin figure, an incense pot with golden flowers, and candles. There is a guardian deity, most likely Weituo, or Skanda 塞建陀, to the left of the large Budai. This figure has a smaller third eye in between its eyebrows, which usually represents hightened wisdom. Image 03 shows a close up of the cup offerings on the table, featuring the Chinese inscription 金玉滿堂 (gold and jade shall fill the hall). Metadata created by: Kira Johansen.
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chi; tha
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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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10.14288/1.0440925
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Unreviewed
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Faculty; Graduate; Undergraduate
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