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Description
"Canton. Temple of 500 Genii". Caption in The Kingdom Overseas "The Temple of Five Hundred Images is one of the most interesting sights of old Canton. There are literally 500 of them, each covered in gold leaf, ranged in rows along the corridors of the temple around the great central image of Buddha. They represent the 500 genii or disciples of Buddha but among them is one said to represent Marco Polo, the famous Venetian traveller of the thirteenth century - a strange contrast to the others! Notice the incense bowls before each image." Walker was editor of the Methodist Missionary Society's journals, The Foreign Field, 1914-1932, and its successor The Kingdom Overseas 1933-1945. He published 18 books and numerous pamphlets, including biographies of Thomas Birch Freeman and William Carey. He travelled to the mission fields extensively, visiting China in 1937.
Type
image
Format
gelatin silver prints, 13.5 x 21.2 cm. photographs
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