Statue of Lord Guan (Kwan Kung) and picture of Hong Men Society's founders

Statue of Lord Guan is positioned within the altar. Kwan Kung, also called Guan Yu (關羽, 关羽), was the greatest general of the Three Kingdoms. Because of his loyalty to his country and his integrity as an individual, he is worshiped by many Chinese people today, especially in southern China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and their descendants overseas. A picture of the founders of the Hong Men Society is placed in front of the statue. “洪門始祖” is at the top of the picture. Photo taken on July 7, 2011.

In Collection:

• Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians

Creator

• Yang, Charles

Subject

• Hong men (Society)
• Dart Coon Club (Victoria, B.C.)
• Guan, Yu, 160-220
• Associations, institutions, etc.

Language

• chi

Identifier

• IMG_2624

Date created

• July 7, 2011

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Extent

• 1 colour photograph

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria
• British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown

Coordinates

• 48.4294, -123.3679
• 48.4359, -123.35155

Physical repository

• Yang, Charles

Collection

• Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• color photographs
• photographs

Is referenced by

• Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html

Date digitized

• 2012

Technical note

• Cataloguing metadata provided by MH. Migration metadata by MT.

Rights

• These images are provided for research use only. These images are provided with the consent of the Victoria’s Chinatown Project and cannot be reproduced or copied without permission. For more information, contact Dr. Zhongping Chen at zhchen@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/cmkx-yq76

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