The story of the Comb Sisters is about Chinese women’s autonomy, but it’s also a story about the silk industry, the geography of the Canton Delta, woman-only workplaces, the Buddhist goddess Guanyin, and the distinctive architectural form of the gupouk, a home specially designed for Comb Sisters to live, worship, and gather.

Guanyin Hall
观音堂
Good Virtue Hall
益善堂
Ice Jade Hall
冰玉堂
Wanjing Temple
蘊貞堂
Tide Tempel
潮水庙
Bright Joy Hall
朗庆堂
Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas
万佛堂
Yangshan Hall
养善堂
Zhen Shan Hall
贞善堂
Death House
静修
Jing Xiu Hall
静修堂
Eternal Hall
永远堂
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