. The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese. od man. The rank of the Eastern Peak among the long columnsof native gods is as high as the lofty summit of MountTai among the ranges of Chinese hills. One feature oihis worship in some places differs from others, in that thetemples belong to families and have no priesthood, so thedevotees are both men and women who mingle in thenocturnal devotions. At a Hangchow temple it has beencomputed that $1,000 every night of
. The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese. od man. The rank of the Eastern Peak among the long columnsof native gods is as high as the lofty summit of MountTai among the ranges of Chinese hills. One feature oihis worship in some places differs from others, in that thetemples belong to families and have no priesthood, so thedevotees are both men and women who mingle in thenocturnal devotions. At a Hangchow temple it has beencomputed that $1,000 every night of the worship seasonwas spent in burning paper money, contributed by thegentry and by pilgrims. At this time also the sick arebrought for healing, and lunatics in his presence arecured by the casting out of devils. In this temple theprocessions with torches and lanterns, the tinsel and 388 The Dragon, Image, and Demon, embroidery, the solemn prostrations and the mimic of aroyal pantomime, are as gorgeous as Chinese art candevise. The Empress of Heaven or Goddess of the Sea.—She is not only worshipped by men that go down tothe sea in ships, but by millions on land. In girl-. Goddess of the Sea. hood she was a Miss Ling, a prophetess whose predictions,whether favourable or adverse, were sure to be fulfilled. Her brothers, four in number, were merchants. On oneoccasion when they were absent on a trading voyage, shefell into a deep trance, from which she was aroused bythe loud lamentations of her parents, who supposed her Taoist Gods. 389 dead. On recovering herself she informed them thatshe had seen her brothers at sea in a violent afterwards the youngest son returned home andreported the loss of his elder brothers. He stated thatduring the storm a lady appeared in mid-heaven, and bymeans of a rope dragged the ship into a safe sister said she had hastened to the rescue of herelder brothers, but while in the very act of saving themwas awakened by the crie
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