Kwan Yu (Kwan Kung)

Photo of a statue of Kwan Kung（Guan Gong, 關公, 关公）at the front of the shrine in Palace of the Saints. 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.

In Collection:

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

Contributor

• Amos, Robert

Subject

• Guan, Yu, 160-220
• Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
• Sculpture, Chinese

Identifier

• AMOS 41god 1

Date created

• 2009

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Extent

• 1 colour photograph

Alternative title

• 關公像

Geographic coverage

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

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 48.4294, -123.3679

Physical repository

• Amos, Robert

Collection

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

Provider

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

Genre

• photographs
• color 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

• Copyright held by Robert Amos. Permission granted for use on Victoria’s Chinatown website only. For all other uses please contact the copyright holder. These images are provided with the consent of Robert Amos, and cannot be reproduced or copied without his permission.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/g1a1-sx07

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