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📍 Bok Kai Temple
temple · Marysville · est. 1880 · still here
Originally built in the 1850s and reconstructed in 1880, the Bok Kai Temple is dedicated to the Chinese water god Bok Eye. It is one of the only surviving Gold Rush-era Chinese temples in California and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The temple remains an active place of worship and the centerpiece of the annual Bok Kai Festival.
Stories here
- Marysville's Chinatown: The Oldest Surviving Gold Rush Chinese Community · A Living Link to Gold Rush California
- Bok Kai Festival: America's Oldest Chinese Cultural Celebration · Bomb Day in Marysville
- The Chinese Miners of the Yuba: Resilience Against Discrimination · Building Community in the Face of Exclusion
Images
📍 39.1457, -121.5917 · Open in Maps