Kong Chow Temple

Kong Chow Temple (traditional Chinese: 岡州古廟; simplified Chinese: 冈州古庙; pinyin: Gāngzhōu Gǔmiào; Jyutping: gong1 zau1 gu2 miu6) is a temple dedicated to Guan Di, located in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, California, in the United States.

Like many buildings in the area, it was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and the community worked together to rebuild it[1] at its original location, 520 Pine, near St. Mary's Square.

[2] The Los Angeles branch of the Kong Chow Family Association and Temple was designed by architect Gilbert Leong[3] and opened in 1960.

[1] In 1968 and 1969, while in her nineties, Charlotte Ah Tye Chang led protests against plans to demolish the old Kong Chow Temple.

The association works closely with the elderly population, offers scholarships and other charitable projects for the neighborhood.

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