Chinese Gate of Harmonious Interest.

The Gate is the focal point of the Chinatown in Victoria, B.C. It was dedicated on 15 November 1981. Its Chinese name is Tong Ji Men (同濟門), meaning “to Work Together with one Heart’ (Tongxin Xieli 同心協力), and “to Help Each Other to Achieve Harmony (Hezhong Gongji 和衷共濟). After a decade, the Gate deteriorated and was refurbished and re-dedicated on 6 October 1996. Photographer unknown. Catalogue number: 53164; Association number: 91-9578-2.

In Collection:

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

Subject

• Chinese
• Buildings
• History
• Gate of Harmonious Interest (Victoria, B.C.)

Language

• chi

Identifier

• I-03395

Date created

• 1981

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Extent

• 1 black and white photograph

Alternative title

• 同濟門

Geographic coverage

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

Coordinates

• 48.4294, -123.3679
• 48.4359, -123.35155

Physical repository

• Royal British Columbia Museum
• British Columbia Archives

Collection

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

Provider

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

Genre

• photographs
• black-and-white photographs

Is referenced by

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

Date digitized

• 2012

Technical note

• Digitized by BC Archives. 300 dpi jpg, no colour correction. Archived in Cataloguing on server. Cataloguing metadata provided by MH. Migration metadata by MT.

Rights

• This material is made available on this site for research and private study only. These images are provided with the consent of the BC Archives, and cannot be reproduced or copied without their permission.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/kb5z-bb90

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