. A Yankee on the Yangtze : being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma. ntion fully the MingTombs, must be referred to—the Examination the Confucian-Temple-Street is the gate to thisGreat Nanking Examination Hall, which is, probably,more largely attended than any other in the is but one gate, by which all must enter andleave. In case of death during the examination, thedead body is passed over the brick wall. The Viceroysnarrow seal on the closed doors cannot be broken saveonly in the event of the head examiner dying whileon duty.
. A Yankee on the Yangtze : being a narrative of a journey from Shanghai through the central kingdom to Burma. ntion fully the MingTombs, must be referred to—the Examination the Confucian-Temple-Street is the gate to thisGreat Nanking Examination Hall, which is, probably,more largely attended than any other in the is but one gate, by which all must enter andleave. In case of death during the examination, thedead body is passed over the brick wall. The Viceroysnarrow seal on the closed doors cannot be broken saveonly in the event of the head examiner dying whileon duty. The students are very superstitious about havinga dead body taken through the gate by which theyexpect to enter their career of honour. While passingin, I noticed that from the outer gate to the halls thepath was lined off with several rows of red pale the centre of the enclosure stands a high tower inwhich is a large drum—hence its name, DrumTower. At the corners are four other towers,where guards keep watch night and day during theexamination. The view from the Drum Tower gives one a good.
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