This mount frame would have been used inside a temple to display a processional placard when the placard was not used in processions. It could have been placed inside a temple, or outside on the temples verandah. It is not yet known which temple this mount frame was used in. LOCATION McCrossin’s Mill Museum, Uralla Mount for single processional item 1 – at McCrossin’s Mill (IMG_5960, 12.4.21) This is a continually evolving website, and more information about this object will be published as further research is conducted. Objects gallery view Objects list viewRead More

A remnant of the packaging of an incense packet from Macao, from the firm 陳聯馨 “Chun Lun Hing”. Printed in multiple ink colours. LOCATION Inverell Pioneer Village Multicoloured incense-stick packaging – at Inverell Pioneer Village (IMG_6755, 16.4.21) TRANSCRIPTION CHUN LUN HING DEALER IN BEST QUALITY JOSS STICK MACAO CHINA. 178 ⋯⋯ 陳聯馨 TRANSLATION … CHUN LUN HING. NOTES 粵東 “Eastern Yuet”: 粵 “Yuet” was the name of a vast area of southern China that was home to the ancient Yuet peoples, and does not correspond to the provincial or other administrative boundaries of any Chinese state. Such expressions as “粵東/東粵” “Eastern Yuet”, “粵西/西粵” “Western Yuet”, and “兩粵” “The Two Yuet” were, however, often used as literary and history-referencing substitutes for the province names “Kwang Tung”, “Kwang Hsi” and the “The Two Kwang” (both Kwang Tung and Kwang Hsi) respectively, in much the same way as the words “Hibernia” and “Caledonia” are used in English as literary and history-referencing substitutes for...Read More

Nine packets of incense, printed in red ink, and probably used in Tingha. From the firm 陳聯馨 “Chun Lun Hing” in Macao. LOCATION Inverell Pioneer Village Red incense stick packaging – at Inverell Pioneer Village (IMG_6765, 16.4.21) TRANSCRIPTION CHUNLUNHING DEALERIN BESTOUALITY JOSS STICK MACAO OHINA 粵東陳聯馨茄楠息香 本號虔造各品各香發客舖在澳門火船頭街開張 TRANSLATION Benzoin and agarwood incense by Chun Lun Hing of Eastern Yuet. This firm, whose shop is located on Rua das Lorchas, Macao, devoutly makes various forms of incense and other items for retail sale. NOTES 粵東 “Eastern Yuet”: 粵 “Yuet” was the name of a vast area of southern China that was home to the ancient Yuet peoples, and does not correspond to the provincial or other administrative boundaries of any Chinese state. Such expressions as “粵東/東粵” “Eastern Yuet”, “粵西/西粵” “Western Yuet”, and “兩粵” “The Two Yuet” were, however, often used as literary and history-referencing substitutes for the province names “Kwang Tung”, “Kwang Hsi” and the “The Two Kwang” (both Kwang Tung...Read More