Tam Kung Temple, 1877-1911

Picture of the original Tam Kung Temple dated 1877-1911 at Government and Fisgard streets. In 1911, the Yen Wo Society built a new three-storey brick building and installed the Tam Kung temple on the top floor. The temple honours Tam Kung, the god of seafarers. Picture kept in the meeting room of the Yen Wo Tsung Tsin (Hakka) Society. Photo taken on May 9, 2012.

In Collection:

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

Subject

• Yen Wo Society (Victoria, B.C.)
• History
• Tam Kung Temple (Victoria, B.C.)
• Buildings

Language

• chi
• eng

Identifier

• IMG_4530

Date created

• 2012

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Extent

• 1 black and white photograph

Alternative title

• 譚公廟

Geographic coverage

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

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

• black-and-white 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/p4ft-a452

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