Created 31-Jan-10
Modified 16-Feb-15
This is a "working collection" of photographs of churches in China which I have come across during my travels in the country. There are of course many such places both in urban and rural settings, and it should not come as a surprise that the architectural styles & designs are highly diverse & distinct.
The time span in which these images were taken is rather broad: the earliest date back to 1986, while the most recent ones register as of November 2014. Images of the interior are rare. In some instances outside (=foreign) visitors are not allowed or welcome, in (most) other instances the premises are often locked and only open for limited hours during the week.
I hope that this gallery is of use to
a) those studying the revival of Christianity in China;
b) those who look at the integration of western architectural elements into the modern Chinese cityscape;
c) those who are interested in the aspects of preservation of cultural heritage sites in China.
The sites represented here are situated in the following cities:
- Shanghai
- Tianjin
- Beijing
- Qingdao (Shandong province)
- Jining (Shandong province)
- Fuzhou (Fujian province)
- Xiamen/Gulangyu (Fujian province)
- Yandang Mountains (Fujian province)
- Shantou (Guangdong province)
- Ningbo (Zhejiang province)
- Wenzhou (Zhejiang province)
- Wuhan (Hubei province)
- Wuxi (Jiangsu province)
- Luoyang (Henan province)
- Pingyao (Shanxi province)
- Zhengding (Hebei province)
- Qingyan (Guizhou Province)
- Tangqi (Zhejiang province)
- Suzhou (Jiangsu province)
- Handan (Hebei province)
- Weixian (Hebei province)
- Daming (Hebei province)
- Kaifeng (Henan province)
- Jiaxing (Zhejiang province)
- Shaoxing (Zhejiang province)
Thomas H. Hahn
Berkeley, CA
January 2015
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