Social life of the Chinese : with some account of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions, with special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau . ocated in front of one of the brick missionary chapels inthe southern suburbs. Sometimes, before raising the bents ofa house, a small quantity of salt, and uncooked rice, and a quan-tity of copper cash (some say ninety-six) are provided. A cer-tain charm on yellow paper is also procured, and at the propertime fastened upon a post near the middle and the highest partof the house. The cash are carried in the pocket o
Social life of the Chinese : with some account of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions, with special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau . ocated in front of one of the brick missionary chapels inthe southern suburbs. Sometimes, before raising the bents ofa house, a small quantity of salt, and uncooked rice, and a quan-tity of copper cash (some say ninety-six) are provided. A cer-tain charm on yellow paper is also procured, and at the propertime fastened upon a post near the middle and the highest partof the house. The cash are carried in the pocket of the headman. The rice and the salt, having been mixed together in abowl, are then thrown down by him from the top of the build-ing, a little at a time, on the lower posts and parts of thehouse. The following charms are very frequently seen put up overthe door, or somewhere on the front of shops and houses, underthe eaves. They are most commonly painted on pieces ofboard from six to eighteen or twenty inches square, or onefoot wide and two feet long: A representation of the eight di-agrams, invented by Fuh-hi, having the great extreme or the SEVERAL EFFICACIOUS AMULETS. 311. male and female princi-ples of nature paintedon the centre of theboard, or sometimesthe centre of the boardis occupied by a con-cave metal mirror. Aflying tiger, or a ti-ger represented withwings, and graspingwith his front pawsthe eight diagrams,and standing on hishind legs. The pictureof a tigers head, rude-ly painted on a squarepiece of board, or on a EIGHT DIAGRAMS, WITH REPRESENTATION- OF THE MALE tOltOlSC SUel!, tliQ IfttAND FEMALE PRINCIPLES OF NATURE IN TIIE CENTRE. +gi. bein^* SOUie Six 01 eight inches in diameter. This is quite common, and believedto be very efficacious, as the spirits are thought to fear the ti-ger. A coarsely-executed representation of a mountain andthe ocean, or sometimes the three characters which indicatethis charm, written on paper, which is pasted up on a lion grasp
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