Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . s isolated and Ijcyond the tide of the Chineseimmigration, the old Manclui tongue, which is entirely different Irom Chinese,is still s])okcn, and even the wiitten language is different. The written lan-guage was invented by the Manchn himself, Mongol l)eing taken as the contains 25 letters or characters, (i vowels and IJ consonants, and thewriting consists in drawing a straight line from top to bottom of the-page, on either side of the line the lines and curves necessary to iorm theletters and words. This ingenious method of writing was,* howev
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . s isolated and Ijcyond the tide of the Chineseimmigration, the old Manclui tongue, which is entirely different Irom Chinese,is still s])okcn, and even the wiitten language is different. The written lan-guage was invented by the Manchn himself, Mongol l)eing taken as the contains 25 letters or characters, (i vowels and IJ consonants, and thewriting consists in drawing a straight line from top to bottom of the-page, on either side of the line the lines and curves necessary to iorm theletters and words. This ingenious method of writing was,* however, unableto make a stand against the incursion of the cumbrous Chinese ideographswhich now jXTvade all the more civilized ])arts of Manchuria. Under theMatichu Dynasty, Manchurian bannermen wore special costumes on cere-monial occasions, but the recent revolutions have put an end to all suchdistinctions. On the other hand, Eiu-opean customs are fast making theirwav into wealthv Manchtu-iaii families as elsewhere in China. 198 -. 55- A Buddhist temple draped for a funeral (3- A funeral procession. 139 57
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