Crowd in Front of the Wooden Fish Gong

Title: Crowd in Front of the Wooden Fish Gong
Caption: Hollow carved fish drum, p.39
Identifier: JOW_39
Alternative Identifier: #2
Description: A crowd of Chinese men and boys are gathered in front of the fish drum. Some eggs are in a basked before the drum. One boy wears what appears to be WWI flying goggles on his hat. All others wear the long robe.
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: 5.8 h x 5.7 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. 23-30
Subject: Chinese religion

Media: JOW_39A_Buddhist_Initiation_Fish_Gong_Crowd.jpg; JOW_39B_Buddhist_Initiation_Fish_Gong_Crowd.jpg