The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-23
Chinese Temples

"CaTl-t.n.' IN De i,-t letter - the 3 st0n
J.uura!. gives TIRE following graphic sketch "i ule
,liHee temple ir Canton.
lJ waIlI take us q l1a. time % yi-it all the
lIl Temples. ~ d. 'o-- house. a- fHey are called.
Tire wort % - g. not q Chiue-e woul. hut %
corruption %. tie Latin word DsEs-tr-t used by
tac p-srrEzue-e; tie Chine-- w1uid not under
--aDl u= were we o. Tee Tire term. \ Look into
one OF two o. tire Temples viii he sufficient for
our curiosity ETsry city iu China has one,
which D. called 80 t4ty Temple. dedicated % the
-YI 90. tlc city. and iEr-e are more rc-Jrt-i 20
tlsu t4a-e ~ ans utut- -ld.
Coin. ur into tie helst &c tIs town, we ind
the temple .n Hue of tie principal streets. There
D. such crowd IN laHt % 10 tiir We can hardly
get ailuS-uu- ~w1r-l5scr-. aGt here 90 the en-
france are gambler. fortune relIe= hy tie sore,
grlcs d1ct1.-. hucks-er- 81 al -lrt-. Neur By i
% nam keel ing Gp % tremendous racket ON q big
tu4EI. and calling uTnn the crowd % come and
-ee g TIGER ami other curi -it.c- which he has on
ezuIlitIuu. Ju both sides 81 tlc wide passage
ere rtsl- containing plaster images which tell
t.e -c.rg " tle future life. - iLe Blulii-;- un-
ltr-t4Il title tYrIIeut- 90 tie wicked. One
Iau j. benz ground up 90 O. EEl-t null. The
devils grc farming t.r stone. and tlr victim tas
bc.u iLt iu L-i!iurcmu-t. luu -cc July his les
and feet sticking oIt Of the hole IN the stone.
Thee PEOPLE believe IN the trIu-uli-u.tiDu VI souls
THAT J.. t-at tine wicked viii live IH the future
IN the shape Of oxen. asses. monkeys. snakes
and all -1rt- Of animals. and here J. tire represent
alton ut a.. Change. y boy l. changing 10 a
dog, one man las lust began T. take pn the head
oi an ok, another has become an a>--notiing
very strange in tha5, perhaps yOu will say. We
-ee 10 women ~ giri- taking the form Of donkeys
"r other shapes, fr they believe that women have
10 -lul~.
There j. enough about this temple o keep us
staring hy TIE Hpur-gTcat gilt idols. fifteen feet
high long, crimson trelmcrs hanging from the
roof. hundreds ui small gilt imagcs-the goddess
% flowers, with LcT thirty muses.; room after
room hung with fl'.s and banners. covered with
strange device. ruJuls WHERE tie st1ry-tellcrs are
sitting with listening crowds around them.
There i a woman wpr-hiping before the idol,
throwing upon the ground two pieces Of wood,
which are fist OLA one -idc and round ON the other
-tLey arc luck blocks: IL one dat surface and
one round surface j. the result 0f thc throw the
day VIII be lucky. She tries them three times
they are against her. She ri>cs. lights a paper,
touches Of q handle 81 ire-yuckcrs, and her
worship i done. - many hre-cEckers are let
Uf throughout the city. a. acts Of worship. that
II l. like a fourth Of July all the time.
We're there time We might have IA long talk
about the temple Of the Five Geni. also the five
stOEiel Iaguda, tie temple of the five hundred
GJi-; al-J wc might talk Of the flower gardens,
where the shrubs are trained in the form OF goats,
EJr-e-, dragons. and "a great many other shapes.
te might rsiuJle through these narrow streets
for a week and We -hOa!d all the time come upon
something new and strange which would call forth
0uT wonder and IcrhaIs make IA laugh outright.