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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, Chinaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1847-1862 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Chinese)en_US
dc.date1847-1862en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-23T16:02:01Z
dc.date.available2013-12-23T16:02:01Z
dc.date.issued1847-1862en_US
dc.identifier242761en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2770en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/151289
dc.descriptionLit Shing Kung, entrance and mural under eave; 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 (accessed 5/9/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumgranite; glazed ceramic tile and figures; wood; lacqueren_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectQingen_US
dc.titleMan Mo Temple Compound, Hollywood Roaden_US
dc.title.alternativeMan Mo Miuen_US
dc.title.alternative文武廟en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-CH-HK-MMT-A41en_US
vra.culturalContextChineseen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), fabrication attributes: ceramicsen_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Chinese)en_US


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