A lodge conceived in Shanghai
Twenty-seven Chinese Masons petitioned to form a new English-working lodge in Shanghai, choosing a name that means friendship.
Shanghai to Taipei ・ 上海至台北
A lodge shaped by renewal.
Amity Lodge’s history is part of the wider story of modern Freemasonry in China—from Lodge No. 106 in Shanghai to Lodge No. 1 in Taipei.
Our history ・ 我們的歷史
Four documented milestones.
The timeline below uses the published histories of the Grand Lodge of China and the Grand Lodge of the Philippines.
Chartered as Amity Lodge No. 106
The Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands granted the charter on January 27. The lodge was constituted in Shanghai that May.
A founding lodge of a new jurisdiction
Six lodges came together to establish the Grand Lodge of China in Shanghai. Amity was re-chartered and renumbered Lodge No. 1.
Light renewed in Taiwan
The Grand Lodge of China and Amity Lodge No. 1 were reactivated in Taiwan, continuing the lodge’s work in Taipei.
From Lodge No. 106 under the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands to Lodge No. 1 under the Grand Lodge of China.
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