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Title: China : its marvel and mystery
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Liddell, T. Hodgson, 1860-
Subjects: China -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : G. Allen
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ublic Burning of the Fittings of an Opium Den—Prisonersin the Cangue—A Hailstorm. A PLEASANT drive, and one often taken byvisitors, is by the Bubbling Well Road orthrough the French Settlement, and across theSicawai Creek past the Arsenal to Loongwha, wherethere is a fine pagoda and large temples. The lattershow in a remarkable manner what I would call theroof architecture of Southern China. The ridges standup above the tiling, and are most profusely decoratedwith openwork carving, &c.; the front temple in thiscase showing in the centre the two fish, emblem ofplenty, and on the other side the dragon, and at theends swans. The corners are most gracefully curved,and the points carried up high in a striking andquaint manner, giving most beautiful lines to thewhole design. Under each point hang bells, whichtinkle sweetly in the breeze. In this class of building,and, indeed, in most buildings in China, the roof is the great and outstanding feature.46 LOONGWHA TEMPLES, NEAR SHANGHAI
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•2) 0 ,^ y SHANGHAI While I was at work here one day my friendsdrove out to join me, bringing tea, and on my askinginnocently Did they propose to take it amidst my crowd? Oh, no, said a lady, we will find a nice grave near.This, to me, sounded rather strange ; but obediently wewent off in search of this delectable spot; and, sureenough, a few minutes walk and we saw an enclosurewhere, on a nice green mound, were trees giving pleasantshade. There we made our tea and took it, a fewnatives looking on and ready to seize the fragmentsleft. Perhaps the most objectionable practice in this part ofChina is the method the people have of disposing oftheir dead. Ancestor-worship in itself is to my mind avery beautiful idea, and, I think, one of the strongestpoints in the habits and character of the Chinese ; but Icannot see why they should drop the coffin down at anypoint thought fit—be it near human habitation or apublic pathway matters nothing to them. There they layit down, and are suppose

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