. The Ansons in Asiatic temples. all in the images of thedeified disciples of Buddha. These are life-size, sitting on their heels, in Oriental fashion,each exhibiting the wonderful act for which hehas been made a god. The eyes of one arealways turned towards heaven, and are supposednever to have winked. Another held his handabove his head until it became . has held his hand so steadily andsoftly that a bird has come and built its nestin it. Another became so holy that Buddhaopened his disciples breast and entered hisheart. The idols are made of clay, and gildedover. Before eac
. The Ansons in Asiatic temples. all in the images of thedeified disciples of Buddha. These are life-size, sitting on their heels, in Oriental fashion,each exhibiting the wonderful act for which hehas been made a god. The eyes of one arealways turned towards heaven, and are supposednever to have winked. Another held his handabove his head until it became . has held his hand so steadily andsoftly that a bird has come and built its nestin it. Another became so holy that Buddhaopened his disciples breast and entered hisheart. The idols are made of clay, and gildedover. Before each idol is a vessel of ashesfor joss-sticks, and vases for flowers. Themain altar, where prayers are offered to thewhole five hundred gods, stands in the centreof the temple. Dr. Balkom proved a very serviceable guide;for he had spent nearly twenty-five years in China, HOUSEKEEPING IN CANTON. 161 and was thoroughly well acquainted with thepeople, and their language and customs. Bertie,who was at times a regular box of questions,. SALE OP PRAYERS. found that Dr. Balkom could answer almostevery question he asked. In reply to some ofhis questions. Dr. Balkom said: 162 THE ANSONS IN ASIATIC TEMPLES. Canton—or, as the Chinese call it, Kwang-tung—has a population of about a million thousand of these spend their lives, by dayand night, upon the water. The city has a wallaround it, about seven miles long; there are six-teen gates in the wall. Within the city areabout one hundred and twenty temples. Mostof the buildings are low. What are the high buildings that we saw aswe came up the river? asked Bertie. Do you mean the pagodas? No; I have learned about those; but thosegreat square buildings. Oh, said Dr. Balkom, they are pawn-brokers storehouses. The Cantonese pawn al-most everything that they do not have in actualuse, both to get money, and also to save thetrouble of storage and the risk of thieves. Just here they passed a temple, with a hall infront that was full of p
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