. New China and old : personal recollections and observations of thirty years. superstitious function. Young men and old assembletogether, the shopkeeper and his apprentices or children,and shut their doors and windows fast, and bang drumsand gongs and cymbals, and every article which willgive forth any sound, indefatigably and absolutely with-out harmony or melody of any kind, all day long andsome way into the night. The shopkeeper gets no otherholidays; he secures no exercise; he never closes his shopearly on Wednesdays or Thursda3s ; he claims no BankHoliday, or Saturday half-holiday. He li
. New China and old : personal recollections and observations of thirty years. superstitious function. Young men and old assembletogether, the shopkeeper and his apprentices or children,and shut their doors and windows fast, and bang drumsand gongs and cymbals, and every article which willgive forth any sound, indefatigably and absolutely with-out harmony or melody of any kind, all day long andsome way into the night. The shopkeeper gets no otherholidays; he secures no exercise; he never closes his shopearly on Wednesdays or Thursda3s ; he claims no BankHoliday, or Saturday half-holiday. He lives for his shopand in his shop ; he is busy, but not bustling ; diligent,but seldom in a hurry. Possibly once or twice a yearhe will visit some special temple for worship ; or once Ainuscinents. 69 a year he may repair to the ancestral tomb on thecountry hill-side in April or May for the inside of aday. And that is all. (3) The cheerfulness and contentedness of the peopleare not fed or satisfied by much in the way of publicamusements. Punch and Judy shows are exhibited in. Chinese Punch and Judy Show. the streets; and theatricals in the temples, or more rarelyon movable stages in some thoroughfare. In theory,and as a rule in practice, plays are put on a stagebuilt in the courtyard of most large temples, eitherBuddhist or Taoist. The stage is near the idol hall, so yo An Inland City. that the gods sitting in silence in their shrines may seeand enjoy the performance. The human spectators arein the court below, and some favoured persons in thegalleries round. The plays are performed generally inthe day time, as an all-day-long performance ; and theyare seldom prolonged into the evening, except in markettowns. One of the strongest objections raised in Shanghaito the theatres opened within the foreign settlements,arises from the fact that they are allowed to remainopen till , which would be considered a graveoffence against morals in a Chinese city. Resemblancesbetween Ch
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