Shonfa Temple Buddha Avery Island
by Chuck Kuhn
Title
Shonfa Temple Buddha Avery Island
Artist
Chuck Kuhn
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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A glass temple set within a Chinese garden, houses a Chinese Buddha from circa 1100 AD given to McIlhenny in 1936 by two friends. According to the story, in the 1920s a Chinese warlord from a feuding territory sent the Buddha statue to New York City and it sat in a warehouse storage until its shipment to Louisiana.[3] McIlhenny built an Asian-influenced garden setting for the statue including a pond, arched bridge and glass-enclosed shrine.
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December 3rd, 2016
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