Luzhou Church Altar

Title: Luzhou Church Altar
Caption: Luzhou Church Altar
Identifier: SEFA_081
Alternative Identifier: Simpson Album p20
Description: The interior of the church in Luchow, showing the altar painted in the style of Chinese Heavenly Gates, with Chinese inscriptions and a gua (melon) symbol above, which might be a window.
Commentary: The Heavenly Gates and Gua are often found in Chinese temples and mausaleums as conduits between physical and spiritual realms.
Date Created: 1913-1914
Location: Luzhou, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1801640/luzhou.html
Original Format: Photographic print
Relation: Stonemasonry Carving on the Luzhou Methodist Church; Methodist Church at Luzhou Under Construction
Is Part Of: Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album
Source: Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance: Curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by her. In the care of Kyle Jolliffe.
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2026-10-19
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image

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