These days the area is already a popular spot for a variety of activities, especially newlyweds who are taking advantage of the gardens that now surround the two original churches in the area, albeit, recently remodelled, to shoot that ‘church wedding photo’.
Top shot taken February 2010
This original black-brick Catholic Church, Delesan 德肋撒, originally established by a Chinese Catholic in 1855 was built by the French in 1928. It was painstakingly taken apart brick by brick and re-erected some distance from its original site. The building has also been turned 180o with its back to the river and a garden teahouse added on the side.
Above shot taken April 2005
The other church, called Fuyintang 福音堂, originally built by a British missionary doctor in 1894, was completely demolished but the new building stands roughly in the same location as the original which I visited in 2005 amidst the rubble of demolition in the neighbourhood.
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