Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Oroville Chinese Temple




Altar table (outer) - Ornate, carved teak, lacquer & gold leaf overlay, c. 1825. Firgures depict a court scene at the bottom. Top 4 figures show the four accomplishments of a scholar: Painting, Literature, Chess, Music


Copyright (C) 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Oroville Chinese Temple Database maintained by the Digital Publishing Group.

http://dpg.lib.berkeley.edu/webdb/oroville/orovilleo?ObjName=&Location=&page=2

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Lu Dong Bin, Taoist Immortal


http://www.tcminter.net/TOCTOC.htm

Friday, February 17, 2006

Daoist Talismans

http://www.eng.taoism.org.hk/religious-activities&rituals/talismans-registers&magic-skills/img4-3-1-2b.asp

The Supreme Skills from the Supreme Clarity Gold Mother for Seeking Immortality

Daoist Talismans are mainly composed of Chinese characters while others consist of astrological diagrams or objects for casting spells1, and some of them even have divine images on them. But the majority of them are made up of characters and transformed characters.

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Bok Kai Temple in Marysville

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/20/BAG6654QS81.DTL&hw=taoist&sn=010&sc=200

An original mural above the entrance of Bok Kai Temple is split by a large crack. Chronicle photo by Paul Chinn


Jen Sen Buddhism and Taoism Association in Chinatown, San Francisco

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/2000/02/07/NEWS13596.dtl&hw=taoist&sn=009&sc=204

A man kneels beneath 72 symbolic lanterns at the temple of the Jeng Sen Buddhism and Taoism Association in Chinatown. Examiner photo by Julie Stupsker

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Temple of Kwan Tai, Mendocino California


Mendocino Joss House
Photograph courtesy of David Look
All Rights Reserved
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/asia/2002/joss.htm

The temple is dedicated to Kwan Dai, the God of War,and a popular deity who lived from A.D. 161 to A.D. 219. It has been owned and used by the Hee family members since 1871. Its recent rehabilitation was celebrated at the dedication of the Temple of Kwan Tai in October 2001.

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Ng Shing Gung





"The Ng Shing Gung was built in San Jose’s Heinlenville Chinatown in 1888. The ground floor functioned as a community center with a Chinese calligraphy and literature classroom for children. An elaborately carved and gilded altar stood on the second floor. The temple housed statues of five divinities: Kwan Yin, Goddess of Mercy; Choi Sun, God of Wealth; Cheng Huan, God of Canton City; Kwan Gung, God of War and Justice; and Tien Hou, Queen of Heaven."

http://www.chcp.org/Ng_Shing_Gung.html

Image copyright San Jose Historical Museum, all rights reserved.

Friday, February 10, 2006

Weaverville Joss House




Amazing pictures of Weaverville Joss House:
http://community.webshots.com/album/53721559qgkvbj/0
mrosendahl contributed and has sole responsibility for the content on this post.

Weaverville Joss House




Amazing pictures of Weaverville Joss House:
http://community.webshots.com/album/53721559qgkvbj/0
mrosendahl contributed and has sole responsibility for the content on this post.

Weaverville Joss House

Amazing pictures of Weaverville Joss House:
http://community.webshots.com/album/53721559qgkvbj/0
mrosendahl contributed and has sole responsibility for the content on this post.

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Bok Kai Temple in Marysville




































From http://www.bokkaitemple.org/Introduction.html
©2005 Friends of the Marysville Bok Kai Temple
photo courtesy of NTHP

Wednesday, February 08, 2006


Guan Gong from the Oroville Chinese Temple.
Copyright (C) 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/oroville/index.html
















http://www.ccamuseum.org/More_1893.html#anchor_116
This page contains data and pictures of Chinese exhibits and people at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (WCE) in Chicago. For more pictures, please click on
Midwest Fairs and on Object Photos.

Joss House

Hi folks, the purpose of this blog is an extension of the Google Group Joss House Discussion, which is an extension of the California's Historic Joss Houses Website at: http://www.humboldt.edu/~jdo2

This blog is for the illustrations and artwork found throughout the internet that I'd like to showcase.

-Jess O