A Buddhist Priest Prepares to Strike the Wooden Fish Gong

Title: A Buddhist Priest Prepares to Strike the Wooden Fish Gong
Caption: Wooden fish gong
Identifier: JOW_38
Alternative Identifier: 78
Description: A priest wearing a chaongsam holds up a rod to strike the carved wooden fish gong.
Creator: Ralph Outerbridge
Date Created: 1939-01-20
Location: Wenshuyuan Monastery, Chengdu, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/12500542/wenshu-yuan-monastery.html
Event: 1939 Buddhist Initiation Ceremony
Physical Dimensions: 4.8 h x 7.4 w cm
Original Format: black and white photographic print
Source: Judith Outerbridge Walker
Provenance: Ralph and Margaret Outerbridge Family Archives
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2022-09-27
Contributor: Derek Burns, Nicholas Fowler, Cory Willmott
Published In: Description of this event, Munro, Beyond the Moon Gate, pp. 23-29
Subject: Chinese religion

Media: JOW_38A_Buddhist_Initiation_Fish_Gong.jpg; JOW_38B_Buddhist_Initiation_Fish_Gong.jpg