The Emperor's Temple containing the tablet, 'May the Emperor reign ten thousand years, ten thousand times ten thousand years' [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
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General view, looking along the pathway to the facade of the building.
The Temple of Confucius [Canton]—the great Chinese philosopher and moral teacher of which every department must have one. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
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View across the courtyard towards the main building of the temple. A somewhat faded print.
The entrance to the Temple of the Five Genii [Canton], who, according to tradition, visited the district some two thousand years ago mounted on rams, hence the appellation 'the City of Rams,' or 'of the Genii.' Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
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View looking towards the entrance gateway, surmounted by tiered roofs, of the Temple of the Five Genii.