. Lion and dragon in northern China. STORIES OF CITY-GODS 369 conscious to the ground. When he came to himselfhe was hardly able to move; his body was stillbruised and scarred, and when he tried to drag oneleg after the other he writhed in agony. After manyweary days the pains left him, but his contempt foralien gods was a thing of the past: he had becomea grave and religious man. Before leaving the cityon his return journey he took care to prove hisremorse by presenting the outraged deity with abeautiful paper horse, which was of course despatchedto the spirit-world through the usual agency o
. Lion and dragon in northern China. STORIES OF CITY-GODS 369 conscious to the ground. When he came to himselfhe was hardly able to move; his body was stillbruised and scarred, and when he tried to drag oneleg after the other he writhed in agony. After manyweary days the pains left him, but his contempt foralien gods was a thing of the past: he had becomea grave and religious man. Before leaving the cityon his return journey he took care to prove hisremorse by presenting the outraged deity with abeautiful paper horse, which was of course despatchedto the spirit-world through the usual agency offire. There is a quainter and more touching story toldof the city-god of the neighbouring district-city ofJung-cheng. The Chinese, as we have seen,1 regardthree days in the year as specially consecrated to thespirits of the dead, just as there are three specialholidays for the living. On each of the spirit-festivalsthe Cheng Huang is expected to hold a formalinspection of his city. His image is accordinglybrought out of the dingy t
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