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Giant Brass Image Of Five Dragon Temple In Kowloon City
❝IVE Dragon Temple" at Kow- and Tong To Chan, the Priest in help of Chan Mo, who came down loon City is well worth the Charge). The image was the pro- to guide the 6 Armies of the Em- trouble of visiting as it contains party of the Szę, Taz Shim Lam peror. To award his services, Monastery, and that it fell into great repairs were made to his many objects of interest to the the hands of some ordinary in- Temples. Then prosperity reigned European. Hanging on the wall is dividuals after the political.
the Emperor was extend-
a scroll in English which gives change in the San Hoi year. On retroughout the Empire, and the |
of honour.
ference to some Taoist Authorities, ed to the farthest country. Indeed the history of the giant. "Chan it has been found that "Chan Mo" the different temples built in hon- Mo” or “Pak Tai”, as it is known was born in the 3rd moon of the our of Chan Mo were as numerous in the vernacular, an image over 3rd year of the Emperor Hoi of as stars in the sky.” This shows 500 years old reposing on the altar the Tsui Dynasty. He was born that the worship of this god-was a divine sage. He took oath to more zealous in the Sung Dynasty remove all evil spirits, and to pro- than in the reign of Yuen, and Mr. Tsang Foo, local coal mer- tect the people. He gave up his therefore his temples could be secular life, and took upon the found everywhere in the Empire.. chant, was mainly responsible study of Taoism. After pursuing
Made At Peking for the temple's erection, having his study in Mo Tung Hill for 43 purchased the brass idol from years, he succeeded in becoming.
an immortal. He took the North This brass image was manu- Canton and supervised the build- under his protection. He showed factured under the supervision of ing outside his villa and school. his appearance on the solicitation a native of Tai Hing of Shun Tin. A typical example of foreign in- of any man, and suppressed any
fluence in Chinese life is notice- evil spirit when asked to. He From this we can tell that it was, came down among the people made at Peking and during the able in Mr. Tsang's house which every Kang San or Kap Tsz day Dynasty of Wing Lok. The date adjoins the temple. The grounds and every 3rd or 7th day, to re- Kwai Mau of the Emperor Mau contain buildings of strictly Chin- move all causes of misfortune. ese type and the semi-European It is stated in the Annals of the Lik inscribed thereon is the date Mo Tung Hill that the place of the erection of the Temple and type while a Chinese pond has two
where Chan Mo resided in retire not the date of the manufacture foreign-style rowing boats in it
ment, was the Five Dragon Mon- and the garden has a wind-driven astery. During the Dynasties of of the image. The Imperial In- water condenser made in Illinois, the Emperors Tong Tai Chung spector-General of Canton Ship- U.S.A.
and Sung Chan Chung, he show ping and Salt Commissioner en- ed great divine prodigy on differ- graved on the image was the. There are images worked in brass ent occasions, and much more in builder of the Temple, but unfor of a tortoise and a snake which re- the Yuen and Ming Dynasties. tunately his name has been torn present the deities who carry out When the Emperor Shai Tso of off. However, during the Dynasty God's benevolent orders. That the the Yuen Dynasty first establish- of Shan Chung many servants of ed his capital at Peking, he re- the Imperial Household were sent natives of Kowloon attach_much.
of hig`out to make heavy levies on the
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