. China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary. th, is absolutely shaved; the hairis neatly plaited, and not unfrequentlytied to the top of the head, with a ribbon. The beard is in like manner shavedcompletely off, sometimes leaving mous-taches to the upper lip,. VOL. JII. H 102 CHINA, ITS COSTUME, M. de Guignes says, the great anxietyof the Chinese is to die with the fullnumber of members whirli tliey receivedfrom nature. There are some who carrythis precaution
. China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary. th, is absolutely shaved; the hairis neatly plaited, and not unfrequentlytied to the top of the head, with a ribbon. The beard is in like manner shavedcompletely off, sometimes leaving mous-taches to the upper lip,. VOL. JII. H 102 CHINA, ITS COSTUME, M. de Guignes says, the great anxietyof the Chinese is to die with the fullnumber of members whirli tliey receivedfrom nature. There are some who carrythis precaution to the pitch of keepingthe cuttings of their beards and nails tocarry with them to the grave. When the barber has finished with hiscustomer, he again traverses the streets,with all his utensils over his one side is a stool, in which are in-closed his razors, scissars, basin, and et-ceteras. (We should, in this place, ob-serve that the Chinese razor is not madelike ours; it is shorter, and perfectlysquare at the anterior extremity.) On theother side is a large cylindrical bambootub full of water : a stick adapted to thisbucket holds the napkin and razor-strop* J. , / /-/fM^U Mll/^SU Tf^wrm^^B^m mom^iE o ^ ^^sm^i /M-fiAMl ^?- liy/./-^if<.. ARTS, AND MANUTACTURES. 103 A TOYMAN—AND A PASTEBOARD HORSE, WHICH GIVES THB BOY THE APPEARANCE OPBEING MOUNTED ON A LIVING ANIMAL. 1 HE toys of Chinese children are, iiimany respects, similar to the Europeantoys; they are small figures made ofpainted pasteboard or wood, representingmen, animals, houses, boats, &c. One of the most singular toj^s, andwhich has been long known in the south-ern provinces of France, is a pasteboardhorse, with a hole in the middle, and acloth round the body instead of legs. Achild places himself in the middle of this,and, by means of a bridle, gives the neckthe motion of that of a real horse. At the famous procession on CorpusChristi day, at Aix, in Provence, thisH 2 104 CHINA, ITS COSTU
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