Remember this little half-on-the sidewalk-and-half-on-the street shrine smack in front of a branch of the Hong Kong Bank in Aberdeen? When I posted this picture back in February, some of you wondered whether it was only a temporary shrine. I can assure you it was still there last week. Apparently, this shrine is older than the building behind it.
Aberdeen was and still is a fishing harbour. .That spot, where this shrine is, used to be a shipyard. And the shrine was there as far as anyone can remember, according to my mother. When the shipyard was filled in 30-some years ago, the local residents insisted that the shrine must stay.
I don’t believe in the shrine personally. But it is a part of the local history and culture. As such it is well worth preserving.
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