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Paper

Caligraphy

Paper

Paper

This hanging scroll, inscribed with the motto "Devote oneself to the public good; bring benefit to the community" (致力公益,造福人群), was presented to the Liverpool Chee Kung Tong in 1986 by visiting officials from Jiangmen City, Guangdong.

Flag sticks

Paper

Bamboo, Wood

Bamboo and wooden sticks which paper flags were once attached to.

Triangle flag with paper talisman

Paper

Paper

This triangular ritual flag, mounted on a wooden staff, appears to be one of the small command flags used in Hung Mun initiation ritual. A Hongmen ritual account describes sets of such triangular flags placed in the 斗 before the altar, together with other sacred objects, as part of the ceremonial apparatus of enlistment, oath-taking, and symbolic military organization. The paper talisman attached to the staff bears the name "陳近南", the legendary loyalist leader revered in Hung Mun tradition, while the flag itself is inscribed with the elemental designations "金、木、水、火、土," linking the object to the ritual ordering of space, authority, protection, and lineage.

Triangle flags

Paper

Paper, Bamboo, Wood

A collection of triangular flags bearing the phrase "川大丁首", a Hung Mun euphemism for "Follow Heaven and uphold the righteous way" ("順天行道"), along with names representing a branch under the Tong in Liverpool.

Commander paper placard

Paper

Paper

A paper card inscribed with "Commander of the Three Armies," used in Hung Mun initiation rites. The title 三軍司令 invokes the quasi-military organisation central to Hung Mun origin traditions, in which, following a failed anti-Qing uprising, the brotherhood was said to have divided into three armies (三軍). In this context, the placard reflects the ceremonial language of enlistment, command, and collective discipline through which initiation rituals articulated the authority and historical mission of the brotherhood.
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