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Left side 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. Image 01 shows an overview of the inside of the temple on the left side. Image 02 shows the leftmost section of the temple, with a red dresser holding Joss paper offerings (金紙). Image 03 shows the detailing on the ceiling beams featuring the inscription 萬事如意 "May all your hopes be fulfilled," with other motifs of crabs, fish, dragons, and flowers detailed on the beams as well. Image 04 shows a close-up of the Joss paper offerings on the red dresser. Image 05 shows a close-up of joss paper offerings hung up from the ceiling in plastic bags. Image 06 shows three pictures hung on the back left wall featuring people praying. Image 07 shows the bookcase filled with chanting sūtras. Image 08 shows a close-up of a page in one of the chanting sūtras. Notably, there are Thai phonetic spellings printed next to the Chinese. Metadata created and compiled by: Kira Johansen.
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Left side 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. Image 01 shows an overview of the inside of the temple on the left side. Image 02 shows the leftmost section of the temple, with a red dresser holding Joss paper offerings (金紙). Image 03 shows the detailing on the ceiling beams featuring the inscription 萬事如意 "May all your hopes be fulfilled," with other motifs of crabs, fish, dragons, and flowers detailed on the beams as well. Image 04 shows a close-up of the Joss paper offerings on the red dresser. Image 05 shows a close-up of joss paper offerings hung up from the ceiling in plastic bags. Image 06 shows three pictures hung on the back left wall featuring people praying. Image 07 shows the bookcase filled with chanting sūtras. Image 08 shows a close-up of a page in one of the chanting sūtras. Notably, there are Thai phonetic spellings printed next to the Chinese. Metadata created and compiled 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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10.14288/1.0440926
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Unreviewed
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Faculty; Graduate; Undergraduate
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