. Lion and dragon in northern China. TUTELARY AND CLAN DEITIES 373 is noteworthy as bearing on this point that no villagein Weihaiwei, or elsewhere so far as I am aware,possesses more than one Tu Ti, though there may betwo or more surnames or clans represented in thevillage; moreover, when a man migrates from onevillage to another he changes his Tu Ti, although hisconnection with his old village in respect of ancestralworship and such matters remains unimpaired. TheTu Ti, in fact, appears to be a local divinity whoholds his position irrespective of the movements offamilies and changes of surna
. Lion and dragon in northern China. TUTELARY AND CLAN DEITIES 373 is noteworthy as bearing on this point that no villagein Weihaiwei, or elsewhere so far as I am aware,possesses more than one Tu Ti, though there may betwo or more surnames or clans represented in thevillage; moreover, when a man migrates from onevillage to another he changes his Tu Ti, although hisconnection with his old village in respect of ancestralworship and such matters remains unimpaired. TheTu Ti, in fact, appears to be a local divinity whoholds his position irrespective of the movements offamilies and changes of surnames. It may be that heis regarded as representing in some mysterious waythe first settler in the locality concerned, or the firstbuilder of the village. The Chinese Tu Ti seems tobear a considerable resemblance to the Uji-gami ofJapan. As the name Uji implies, this deity wasevidently at one time regarded as a clan-deity ortribal ancestor. But as a Japanese authority has toldus, the word Uji-gami or clan-god is now used inanother sen
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