The face of China, travels in East, North, Central and Western China; with some account of the new schools, universities, missions, and the old religious sacred places of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism . is very beautiful. It is a typical Chineselandscape, namely, a mountain and water picture ;but at this time of year (the beginning of March)the winds are so high that the distant range of snowmountains to the north is invisible, and during thefive days that we spent in the neighbourhood we didnot once catch a glimpse of them. At the south ofthe lake is a large and important village, Siakwa
The face of China, travels in East, North, Central and Western China; with some account of the new schools, universities, missions, and the old religious sacred places of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism . is very beautiful. It is a typical Chineselandscape, namely, a mountain and water picture ;but at this time of year (the beginning of March)the winds are so high that the distant range of snowmountains to the north is invisible, and during thefive days that we spent in the neighbourhood we didnot once catch a glimpse of them. At the south ofthe lake is a large and important village, Siakwan,much more important in some respecls than theprefeftural town of Tali Fu itself, as it lies on thehigh-road from Yunnan Fu to Teng Yueh. All thetrade caravans pass direftly through Siakwan withoutbranching off to Tali. At the markets, which arefrequently held, there may be seen various aboriginaltribes such as the Miaos, the Lolos, the Ming Chiaos,and the Shans. The place is noted for being one ofthe windiest spots to be found anywhere, and we foundit unpleasant both coming and going to Tali. AtTali the wind was most riotous at nights, and came ingreat gusts, dismantling the walls of our rooms and. TALI FU ch. xxi Tali Fit covering my bed with a little shower of photographsand texts, and nearly blowing us out of bed. Thelake is always dangerous on account of these winds,and when we visited the shore, about an hours walkfrom the city, there were only a few little fishing-boats to be seen close inland. The villages along itare mainly inhabited by Ming Chiaos, who speak alanguage of their own. It is but few comparativelyof these villagers who can speak or even understandChinese, and those who learn it do so for the sake oftrading in the city. The women and girls wear theirhair dressed rather differently from the Chinese, andhave a different type of face. Also, they do not bindtheir feet, nor wear such elegant shoes. They seemedquite friendly, but were rather too inquisitive, whi
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