. A'Chu and other stories. STONE ELEPHANT One of the Sacred Stone Elephants Which Guard theEntrance to the Ming Tombs, Nanking. pie wore dress-up clothes. They walked more leisurely,and greeted each other more friendly than usual. Men and boys carrying spades, rakes, and hoes, mor-tar and trowels, were going in the same direction withwomen and girls carrying baskets filled to the brim withthe eatables the Chinese like best. They seemed tomove in groups, men and boys leading the way andwomen and girls in bright new clothes following in long robes of silk walked with coolies in T
. A'Chu and other stories. STONE ELEPHANT One of the Sacred Stone Elephants Which Guard theEntrance to the Ming Tombs, Nanking. pie wore dress-up clothes. They walked more leisurely,and greeted each other more friendly than usual. Men and boys carrying spades, rakes, and hoes, mor-tar and trowels, were going in the same direction withwomen and girls carrying baskets filled to the brim withthe eatables the Chinese like best. They seemed tomove in groups, men and boys leading the way andwomen and girls in bright new clothes following in long robes of silk walked with coolies in The Worship of Ancestors 275 blue cotton clothes. Women of wealth and their daugh-ters in sedan chairs were followed by family hired serv-ants or slave girls carrying baskets. All appeared tobe going in one general direction toward the green-covered hills. Is there a picnic today? I inquired, in the midstof a sentence, then instantly thought, What a foolish ques-. STONE GUARDS On the Way to the Ming Tombs, Nankini tion! These Chinese are too hard working to take aday off to picnic with their families. Besides, so manypeople of such very different classes would not be goingto a picnic together. Where are all these peoplegoing? I changed the question before the teacher hadtime to answer. You do not remember I told you today is the Feastof Tombs? he said. 276 AChu and Other Stories Pardon! I remember; but what is the Feast ofTombs? Are these people going to the burial groundsfor a feast ? Partly so, the teacher replied, half closing the book,a way he had when it suited him better to talk. My teacher was a wise man. Though he himselfwas a Christian, he was very well acquainted with thebeliefs and customs of his native people. He knew,what missionaries should early learn, that it is quite asimportant for us to understand the Chinese way of look-ing at things as it is to learn to speak and so be ableto explain to them the Christians way of looking at
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