VCFFA temple tour and dinner Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Tour at the Tam Kung Temple, 1713 Government St. at 5 pm; and dinner afterwards at The Cozy Place, ,1692 Douglas Street at 6:15 pm. on Sunday, August 25, 2024
Event: Tour of Tam Kung Temple, 5 pm
Tour Guide: Ms. Nora Butz
Description:
The Tam Kung Temple dates back to the 1860s and is the oldest Chinese
temple in Canada. In 1876, a small temple was dedicated to the deity Tam
Kung on rented property at the corner of Fisgard and Government streets.
One year later, this property was purchased for the temple.
In 1911 the Yen Wo Society purchased the property, demolished the brick
temple and replaced it in 1912 with the narrow four-storey building adjacent
to the former Chinese Empire Reform Association building on Government
Street. The Tam Kung Temple was relocated to the top floor of this
building, where it is still maintained by the society and open to the public.
Believers come to the temple to seek advice from Tam Kung about how to
make important life decisions, or how to heal an illness
Biography: Nora Butz has been going to the temple since she first
immigrated to Canada as a child and is the president of the Yen Wo
Society. It is a dialect association which was founded by Hakka speakers in
Victoria, B.C. in 1905 and is the custodian of the Tam Kung Temple.
(https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canada-chinese-temple-repair-1.6829956) (https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html).
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Event: Dinner
Restaurant: The Cozy Place, 1692 Douglas Street, 6:15 pm (arrive by 6 pm)
Menu:
1) Seaweed soup
2) Shrimp spring roll
3) Salt and Pepper mushroom
4) Stir fried dried green bean
5) Shang Hai bok choy with garlic sauce
6) Beef mixed veggies with black bean sauce
7) Fish and tofu in clay pot
8) Spicy eggplant with minced pork
9) Sweet and sour pork
10) Gung Po chicken
11) Egg fried rice
12) Chicken chow mein
Please arrive at the restaurant by 6pm. Dinner starts at 6:15pm.
$25 for members and students and $35 for non-members.
Payment Methods:
Cash, cheque, or E-transfer
Please avoid using abbreviations on cheque. We will pick up cash or
cheques.
RSVP by Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
RSVP Contact: Carol Charlebois at charlebois721@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you there!
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