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Virtue Court in Kung Sor for the worship of ancestors

Title:

Man Mo Temple Compound, Hollywood Road

Alternate Title:

Man Mo Miu

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Virtue Court in Kung Sor for the worship of ancestors

Creators:

unknown (Chinese)

Date:

1847-1862 (creation)

Style/Period:

Qing

Location:

site: Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China

Location Note:

Sheung Wan area, Nos. 124-126 Hollywood Road

GPS:

+22.283982+114.150239

Culture:

Chinese

Materials:

granite; glazed ceramic tile and figures; wood; lacquer

Work Types:

buildings; religious buildings; temples

Description:

A temple for the worship of the civil or literature god, Man Tai (Man Cheong) and the martial god, Mo Ta (Kwan Tai). The two gods (Man; Mo) were popularly patronized by scholars and students seeking progress in their study or ranking in the civil examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The largest Man Mo Temple in Hong Kong is located at Nos. 124-126 Hollywood Road, in Sheung Wan. It was built in 1847. It is part of a complex that comprises three adjacent blocks namely Man Mo Temple, Lit Shing Temple (No. 128 Hollywood Road) and Kung Sor. Lit Shing Kung was created for the worship of all heavenly gods, while Kung Sor, built to the temple’s west, was an important assembly hall where community affairs and disputes were often discussed and settled (it is now a gift shop with an ancestral worship hall). The three blocks are separated by two alleys. The complex was listed as a historic monument in 2009. (Source: Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office [website]; http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Monument/en/index.php)

Classification:

Architecture and City Planning

Technique:

construction (assembling); fabrication attributes: ceramics

Image Rights:

Vendor ID:

1A2-CH-HK-MMT-B35

MDID Identifier:

63255

Archivision Set:

Archivision Addition Module Eight

Collection:

Archivision Module 8

Record created:

June 7, 2018

Last modified:

Nov. 1, 2018

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