. 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. Taoist Abbot. Popes, Priesis, and Temples. Ill In front is an open court of two acres, on the sides ofwhich are stalls and shops, and in the middle arboursmade of matting for tea-drinkers. In the second temple,. City Temple, Soochow. in a hall that extends 400 feet around the building, is thepicture gallery of the city, where native art is temple, situated in the centre of the city, is therendezvous of
. 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. Taoist Abbot. Popes, Priesis, and Temples. Ill In front is an open court of two acres, on the sides ofwhich are stalls and shops, and in the middle arboursmade of matting for tea-drinkers. In the second temple,. City Temple, Soochow. in a hall that extends 400 feet around the building, is thepicture gallery of the city, where native art is temple, situated in the centre of the city, is therendezvous of all pleasure-seekers, who are preceded by 2,j^ J he Dragon, Image, and Demon, a horde of pickpockets and villains, and at times theremay be seen hundreds, and even many thousands, ofmen and boys, priests and beggars, fortune-tellers andgamblers, a motley assembly, calling vividly to mind* the den of thieves on Mount Moriah. It is a VanityFair, with stalls for chinaware, booths for fancy articles,
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