. The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese. tthe three great feasts—fifth moon, fifth day ; eighth moon,fifteenth day ; and tenth moon, first day—when the man-darins go out with their official trains to offer sacrificeto the wild spirits. About thirty idols are taken out,each with a long retinue, so that the line extends overa mile; the whole city is out in holiday attire, and thenarrow street to the Tiger Hill is almost impassable fromthe dense mass of human
. The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese. tthe three great feasts—fifth moon, fifth day ; eighth moon,fifteenth day ; and tenth moon, first day—when the man-darins go out with their official trains to offer sacrificeto the wild spirits. About thirty idols are taken out,each with a long retinue, so that the line extends overa mile; the whole city is out in holiday attire, and thenarrow street to the Tiger Hill is almost impassable fromthe dense mass of human beings. In the picture, thegong opens the way, the official signboards of the gofollow; then lictors dragging bamboos, flag-bearers, thegreat fan, and cavalry move onward ; then come two menwith necks twisted, and faces all awry, who walk manymiles looking sideways at one another in the face—it isa laughable spectacle. Then come the red umbrellas andstreamer-bearers; and besides these there are criminalsin red robes, men with hooks fastened in their arms, towhich are suspended bronze censers, riders bearing thecredentials and seals of office, coolies carrying trunks,. Mountains, Islands, and Festivals. 281 followers with red girdles, men dragging chains, littlechildren carried on a mans head (Cupids), and, most con-spicuous, six or eight fat butchers, who, with open breasts,act as the executioners (of Hades), and go panting by ;then comes the god in open chair and embroidered Fascinating When the procession
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