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 . Obverse. Reverse. of the laege Peking cash (Torth about 400 to a dollar). merits are principally supported by moneys received fromgovernment. There seemed to be no indication of poverty,every thing being kept in good repair. The facts which have just been mentioned relating to thevarious altars and the sacrifices made upon them, and relatingto the Lama monasteries, go to prove that the present Tartargov
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 . Obverse. Reverse. of the laege Peking cash (Torth about 400 to a dollar). merits are principally supported by moneys received fromgovernment. There seemed to be no indication of poverty,every thing being kept in good repair. The facts which have just been mentioned relating to thevarious altars and the sacrifices made upon them, and relatingto the Lama monasteries, go to prove that the present Tartargovernment is very superstitious and idolatrous, and also thatthe annual expenses connected with this official or govern-mental superstition and idolatry are immense. While at Peking I was much interested in my visit to thetemple erected for the worship of Confucius. This temple issituated near the large Lama monastery which has been re-ferred to, in the northeastern part of the Tartar city. A tab-let representing the sage, but no image, is used. The templeproper is not very large, but the abundance of gilding, yellowtiling, yellow painting, and yellow bricks connected with ita
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