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Identifier: yankeeonyangtzeb00geil (find matches)
Title: A Yankee on the Yangtze : being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Geil, William Edgar, 1865-1925
Subjects: China -- Description and travel Yangtze River (China)
Publisher: London : Hodder and Stoughton
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ey prayedand prayed, but still no rain came. The officials,from the Taotai down, went to the temple of the DragonKing, bumped their heads on the floor, and besoughtthe idol to send rain, for the Sun Idol controls fairweather, and the Dragon King the rain. The Taoistpriest read incantations, they all in procession walkedwith a flag for three hours each day round the altar,but to no avail. The gate was closed for two months.To further impress the Dragon, a paper monster wasconstructed and carried through the streets, the peoplethrowing water on his ugly head and praying for rain,but the Dragon was deaf. During all this time noblood was to be shed. In time the rain, disregardingthe gods, came of itself. In this district, if a woman is ill, she goes tothe Medicine Mother of Luchow for advice abouther complaint. The old hag tells her patient to men-tion her symptoms, her name and her birthday. Thesick woman concludes by asking the Medicine Motherto look at the egg. The Medicine Mother then
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A GROUP OF I.oCAL DIETIES, CALLED TU—TI PUSA. The Birthday of this;od occur*, on the sixth of the sixth Moon, when, as in the present instance, the idols anBrought out of their temple, placid on .1 dais on the street, and Theatricals played befonhem, and in their honour. Stii-Fu, Western China xli.

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  • booksubject:China____Description_and_travel
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  • bookpublisher:London___Hodder_and_Stoughton
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