Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . ds of honor, she proceeds to the arriving at the gate, the officers andattendants dismount from their horses, whileporters bearing aloft nine umbrellas orna-mented with phoenixes lead the processionto the Kientsing gate. Beyond this theattendants and officials are forbidden to go,and the bride proceeds alone to meet heraffianced husband. One more ceremony has to be perfo
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . ds of honor, she proceeds to the arriving at the gate, the officers andattendants dismount from their horses, whileporters bearing aloft nine umbrellas orna-mented with phoenixes lead the processionto the Kientsing gate. Beyond this theattendants and officials are forbidden to go,and the bride proceeds alone to meet heraffianced husband. One more ceremony has to be performedto complete the marriage. A banquet isspread for the august pair, at which theypledge each others troth in cups of wine,and thus tie the knot which death alone un- 174 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. ravels. This, however, does not quite con-clude the laborious ceremonial which falls tothe lot of the bride. On the morning afterthe wedding it becomes her duty to testifyher respect to the dov/ager Empress bybringing her water in which to wash herhands, and by spreading viands before her,in return for which courtesies the dowagerentertains her daughter-in-law at a feast ofwelcome. Meanwhile the Emperor receives the. CHINESE MANDARIN. homage of the princes, dukes, and officers ofstate, and for some days the palace is givenup to feasting and rejoicing—an echo ofwhich reaches the remotest parts of theempire when the proclamation announcingthe joyful event is made known in the pro-vinces. The long and formal ceremonies arenow concluded and the Emperor is the Imperial mentors not only teachthe Emperor how to live, but they teach thestill harder lesson how to die. On theapproaching death of the late Emperor, the following valedictory manifesto was put inhis mouth : It was owing to the exalted love of Ourlate Imperial father. Our canopy and support,that the Divine Vessel (that is, the throne)was bestowed upon Our keeping. Havingset foot in Our childhood on the throne. Wefrom t
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