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[[File:Inside Chinese temple.JPG|thumb|150px|The divinity [[Guan Yu|Guan Di]] enshrined in the Toong On Church of [[Kolkata]], [[India]].]]<br />
[[File:Nam Soon Church 06.JPG|thumb|150px|Tablet dedicated to [[Lu Pan]] and Deities enshrined in the Nam Soon Church of Kolkata, India.]]<br />
'''Chinese temples''' are sacred sites for the practice of [[Chinese folk religion]] and [[Chinese Buddhism]]. [[Kolkata]] has a significant population of Indian nationals of [[Chinese community in India|Chinese ethnic origin]] (immigrants and their descendants that emigrated from China starting in the late 18th century to work at the [[Port of Kolkata|Kolkata port]] as well as the [[Chennai port]]). Unofficial estimates puts the population of Indian nationals of Chinese-origin in Kolkata anywhere from 5,000 to 200,000, most of whom live in or near [[Chinatown, Calcutta|Tangra]].<ref name="Banglapedia">{{cite book |last=Ray |first=Haraprasad |year=2012 |chapter=Chinese, The |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chinese,_The |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><ref name="IPS News">{{cite web| last = Biswas| first = Ranjita| year = 2005| url = http://www.ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews=30346| title = Little China Stays Alive in Eastern India| access-date = 26 September 2006| work = IPS News| publisher = Inter Press Service News Agency| quote = Though most of the local Chinese are Christians, they celebrate the traditional Chinese New Year with gusto and many who emigrated from Kolkata make it a point to return at this time.| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060218021052/http://www.ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews=30346| archive-date = 18 February 2006| url-status = dead}}</ref> The Chinese brought with them their culture. At least eight of the Chinese temples are located in the old Chinatown around Tiretta Bazar in Central Kolkata.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jaideep|first=Majumdar|title=A walk to unravel the confluence of cultures in Kolkata|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-17/kolkata/30634642_1_chinese-vendors-parsi-fire-temple-kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006065821/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-17/kolkata/30634642_1_chinese-vendors-parsi-fire-temple-kolkata|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2013|access-date=2 April 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=17 January 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Temples==<br />
Though the places of worship are referred to as "churches", they are sites of veneration that adhere to [[Chinese traditional religion]] and have nothing to do with Christianity. <br />
* Sea Ip Church (四邑會館)<br />
* Toong On Church (東安會館) <br />
* Choonghee Dong Thien Haue Church <br />
* Gee Hing Church<br />
* Sea Voi Yune Leong Futh Church (會寧會館)<br />
* Nam Soon Church (南順會館)<br />
* Hsuan Tsang Monastery<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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|File:The God @chinese temple.JPG|A shrine to [[Guan Yu|Guan Di]], flanked by [[Guan Ping]] and [[Zhou Cang]]. <br />
|File:Chinese Religious Weapons and Scrolls - Sea Ip Church - Kolkata 2013-03-03 5282.jpg|Religious weaponry and scrolls of the Sea Ip Church<br />
|File:Chinese Religious Weapons and Scrolls - Sea Ip Church - Kolkata 2013-03-03 5283.JPG|Religious weaponry and scrolls of the Sea Ip Church<br />
|File:Kuan Shih Yin - Sea Ip Church - Kolkata 2013-03-03 5280.JPG|[[Guanyin|Kuan Shih Yin]] enshrined in the Sea Ip Church<br />
|File:The god inside toong on church.JPG|Internal hall of the Toong On Church<br />
|File:Tong On Church 02.JPG|Entrance to the Toong On Church<br />
|File:Entrance - Sea Ip Church - Chatawala Lane - Kolkata 2013-03-03 5266.JPG|Entrance to the Sea Ip Church<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Chinese folk religion]]<br />
* [[Chinese folk religion in Southeast Asia]]<br />
* [[List of Mazu temples]]<br />
* [[Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong]]<br />
* [[Kwan Tai temples in Hong Kong]]<br />
* [[Hip Tin temples in Hong Kong]]<br />
* [[List of City God Temples in China]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.bongblogger.com/chinese-in-kolkata-calcutta/ List of Chinese Temples in Old Chinatown Kolkata]<br />
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