. 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. thousand officials in a provincial capital,whether in office or out of office,call on His Excellency the Governorto pay their res2:>ects, so at the firstof the month Pope Chang holds alevee of the gods. From the heightsof Heaven, from the depths of Hades,from across the wide- ocean and thedistant palaces of the stars, comean invisible host of deified beings,gods and demigods, to present theircompliments to the gre
. 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. thousand officials in a provincial capital,whether in office or out of office,call on His Excellency the Governorto pay their res2:>ects, so at the firstof the month Pope Chang holds alevee of the gods. From the heightsof Heaven, from the depths of Hades,from across the wide- ocean and thedistant palaces of the stars, comean invisible host of deified beings,gods and demigods, to present theircompliments to the great magician. The Priests of Taoism The Taoist priests wear blue robes, whilethe Buddhists wear yellow. Theyhave not shaven pates, but do theirhair up in a little knot, and aresometimes spoken of as the yellowcaps. There are two classes of these priests, the oneliving in the temples and professing celibacy, the otherdwelling at home with their families, and wearing thecitizens dress except when on duty. They have notthe zeal of the Buddhists (if it be possible to haveless), are not employed in daily temple worship, anddeal mostly with evil spirits and quack medicines, which. Taoist Priest. 37^ The Dragon, Imagey and Demon. makes them deserve the appellation, a dirty set offellows. The Abbot.—The robes of the abbot are of therichest gold embroidery, which make him conspicuous asthe chief priest. The ranks are conferred by Chang, theHeavenly Teacher, and are three in number—the Major General or Bishop, the PraiseChurch, or Priest, and ^theKnowing-Affairs, or a Foo, or Prefecture, thereis a nominal ruler over thepriests in his department, whois responsible to the civilmagistrate for their good be-haviour. The City Temple, Soo-chow.—This is the only three-story temple that I have metwith ; the temples usuallyare only on the ground floor,and the monasteries of twostories. It was recently re-paired at an expense of $40,000by the late banker Hu ofHangchow, but his failu
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