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The Flower Cannons and Decorative Elements

A small Flower Cannon

This is an example of a smaller Flower Cannon from So Ku Wan. Flower Cannons range in height from six feet to nearly twenty feet, but twelve to fifteen feet is common. This one has a fine cloth bat at the top, and elaborately-dressed figures flanking the sides.

Date: 6 June, 1985

Photograph and text: Janet Lee Scott