Poverty Stricken CHinese wait outside largest Roman Catholic Cathedral in Asia and ChinaChinese woman leaving Church entrance ..
Seat of the Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou. 2,754 square meters, largest Roman Catholic church in China and Southeast Asia. 35 meters wide, meters long, and the twin towers rise as high as meters. Financed by Napoleon .One of the four all-granite Gothic cathedrals in the world, while the other three ones include the Notre Dame de Paris in France. For this reason, it is nicknamed "Stone House" (石室) by local people. "石室" is pronounced "Shishi" in Mandarin and "Seksat" in Cantonese, hence the name "Shishi Cathedral" in Mandarin or "Skeat Cathedral" in In the past religion and Christianity brought with colonial imperialism played a bloody part in Chinese revolutions before being later outlawed by the communistic regime. As many local people know little of the previous history prior to 1950, the new religion is missing many religious freedoms which are found in other countries, with Christianity there is the issue of the pope. As the GDP has skyrocketed in recent years; there are many whom have been left behind. China has done very little to promote the colonial past and problems which have arisen with it. Unable to completely erase history, they have also not advertised it with items such as historical markers or any information regarding its historical presence. Its colonial past and events that surrounded the courtyard outside of the main cathedral entrance is filled with beggars and converted to cheap fast food restaurants. Even the shopkeepers and local workers and poor which sleep in the cheap apartments have no idea of the historical significance of the architecture which surrounds the cathedral. Its rich history, both good as bad ; have long been forgotten. Forcefully erased. Even modern day issues are barely recognized as the income gap widens.
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Location: street scene, guangzhou , china, asia
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