Tam Kung Temple banners
PublicBanners and shrine with offerings in Tam Kung Temple, Victoria, B.C. The temple honours Tam Kung, the god of seafarers. The Tam Kung Temple is located on the top floor of the Yen Wo Society building (1713 Government Street, Victoria, B.C.). The continuing existence of the Tam Kung Temple suggests the significant role of the temple in traditional Chinese society. The Tam Kung Temple is the oldest Chinese temple in Canada. An early Hakka settler brought a statue of Tam Kung, a deity sacred to the Hakka. This statue was first set up in a roadside shrine near the Johnson Street ravine. The temple was initially established on this site in 1875, through monies pooled by the Hakka to rent a small house at the corner of Government and Fisgard Streets. Two Hakka purchased 1713 Government Street and the temple was dedicated January 21, 1876. During the Edwardian-era building boom, the original temple was demolished and replaced with the present brick-clad building in 1911 from monies collected by the Yen Wo Society. The Yen Wo Society still owns this building and the temple remains on the top floor.
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- 譚公廟內堂
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- Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians
- Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html
- 2012
- Images supplied by Victoria's Chinatown project. Metadata by GF. Migration metadata by MT.
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