The face of China, travels in East, North, Central and Western China; with some account of the new schools, universities, missions, and the old religious sacred places of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism . ch. xix The Road to Yunnan Fu our clothes were thoroughly wetted with it. For acouple of days the cold continued somewhat severe ;then we got into the hot sunshine again, and evenwith a wind to refresh us we found travelling toohot. The hedges reminded one more of home, andthere was a flowering tree not unlike hawthorn ; alsothe hedges were full of cotoneaster, rose-bushes, andclematis. Th
The face of China, travels in East, North, Central and Western China; with some account of the new schools, universities, missions, and the old religious sacred places of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism . ch. xix The Road to Yunnan Fu our clothes were thoroughly wetted with it. For acouple of days the cold continued somewhat severe ;then we got into the hot sunshine again, and evenwith a wind to refresh us we found travelling toohot. The hedges reminded one more of home, andthere was a flowering tree not unlike hawthorn ; alsothe hedges were full of cotoneaster, rose-bushes, andclematis. The last three days of the journey to the capitalare comparatively uninteresting across the plain, butwe saw a quaint wedding journey as we left the hillcountry. First came four musicians, making a noiseextremely like a bad performance on the pipes. Nextrode the bridegroom, heavily adorned with scarlet andpink rosettes and sashes ; his pony also decorated withscarlet, followed by a couple of men riding. Thencame the scarlet wedding sedan-chair, sadly dilapidatedby age and negleft, conveying the bride. She wasfollowed by a finely dressed woman, riding, and oneor two other people. Lastly came the brides
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