Social life of the Chinese : with some account of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions, with special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau . er times they are con-structed out of timber and boards. One or more of these al- 100 SINGULAR AND POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. tars are under the management of Buddhist priests, who ar-range on them idols belonging to their religion. One or moreare appropriated by Tauist priests, who arrange on them im-ages belonging to their sect. Each altar has several censersand pairs of candlesticks. The number of altars erected de-
Social life of the Chinese : with some account of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions, with special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau . er times they are con-structed out of timber and boards. One or more of these al- 100 SINGULAR AND POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. tars are under the management of Buddhist priests, who ar-range on them idols belonging to their religion. One or moreare appropriated by Tauist priests, who arrange on them im-ages belonging to their sect. Each altar has several censersand pairs of candlesticks. The number of altars erected de-pends on the amount of money to be expended and the timeto be occupied in the performance of the universal they are numerous enough, on one is arranged the imageof the Great King, belonging to the neighboring temple, inthe vicinity of which the performance is to be enacted; on an-other, the image of the god worshiped in the municipal tem-ples of walled towns ; on another, the images of the Five Rul-ers ; on another, the images of the Three Emperors. The al-tars are decked out with embroidered coverings, valuable arti-tles of vertu, and rare and elegant SECOND DEPARTMENT OF THE BUDDHISTIC HELL. When the universal rescue is performed on a large scale, inconnection with it is a place where the punishments inflictedon wicked spirits in the ten departments of hell, according toBuddhistic notions, are represented by small images; whenperformed on a small scale, only pictures of these punishmentsare exhibited. The images and the machinery representingthe scenes and the sufferings of hell are made to move whennecessary by strings attached, which are pulled by somebody THIRTY-SIX REPRESENTATIVE SHOPS. 101 unseen. For example, a spirit is represented as in the act ofenduring a flagellation with the bamboo ; another as beingfried in a kettle of oil; another as being poundecl in a largemortar; another as being sawed asunder; some are undergo-ing an examination befor
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