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 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.
Bird's-eye view over the Chu-kiang or Pearl River.— Canton River. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
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View looking along the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) at Canton, busy with local craft and with the twin towers of the Roman Catholic Cathedral visible in the distance.
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.