A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . ,\. PEKING 301 opened for us to enter, and crossing a grass-grown square,we came face to face with the Ling-ngan-men, or Rest theSpirit entrance. It is approached by marble steps, thebalustrade a masterpiece of exquisitely fine pieced carving,giving almost the effect of hanging lace. Among many well-grown oak and cedar trees are in-numerable little shrines of bright imperial yellow enamelledbrick and tiles, shining in the sun ; and a large pavilionsheltered a huge tablet resting on the marble back of someantediluvian animal. Proceeding, we came to
A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . ,\. PEKING 301 opened for us to enter, and crossing a grass-grown square,we came face to face with the Ling-ngan-men, or Rest theSpirit entrance. It is approached by marble steps, thebalustrade a masterpiece of exquisitely fine pieced carving,giving almost the effect of hanging lace. Among many well-grown oak and cedar trees are in-numerable little shrines of bright imperial yellow enamelledbrick and tiles, shining in the sun ; and a large pavilionsheltered a huge tablet resting on the marble back of someantediluvian animal. Proceeding, we came to another courtyard, and ascendedanother marble stairway, which had a flat sloping inclineup the centre, traced with carved decoration in trueChinese style of imagery—clouds, winged fabula, anddragons. At last we came to the chief pavilion, with red-lacqueredcolumns, carved bracketed eaves, and more exquisiteartistry in marble. This is the Shrine of the Tablet. Ona table amid dingy surroundings stands the merest scrapof gold-lettered wood, which
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