, 1875-11-06
a. CELESTIAL HOLIDAY.


san Ffdntttco GuiititH.
The Cl,inege ant1mnat festival over TIM desd
Of .heir race, which cotumenced on Sunday week,
reachht itt most Interesting point Inst Thura1ay.
From faYiellt until noon the road to Iona
Mountains waa literally alive with pedestrians
and e1pttss-Wagons, packed With tho elite and
rshblo .! Chinatown, roasted hogs, and every
description Of ChiLcFe provisions.
,Ny II o'clock in the morning, the wooden
a'tar. near tho centre Of tbs cemetery, wM
ernl h'oro OF fish, tebh. And fowl, not ia mant
ton hthcks OF cakes aud candies. On one nids
Of tba nsar, If 70 i might bo called, was
!arFe atofe. os:r Which = prominent fuucuonAr1
eroHd. loss HtickB were burning upon tho altar.
aud on threa sides CANDLES burned. Illuminating
sle fg1'rea Of thros dalsics,tlla ono on tho wesa
our das4l and whom they evidently think u
| necessary to propiiiato before proceeding with
thet Morship over tho individual graves. To-
ward tho cart, or rising etln, another )esa hide
ons 1gHEc. representing tho mighty spirit Of
Good; a,id on tho south m iurignincans, good
natnted porcelain image. representing Homo local
spiritual funciionnry. Provisions wore heapsd |
before eeron of t1eso figures, aud IN incanLa-
four suont after which, to tho horrible music 7t
Il smlll Celestial tnnd, they ropaircd to tho 10
diyllua! graves, t4o relsllonH Of the deceased It
caclt tomb taking q 1rincipat part.
Tho Oldest female relative III there were any
females psnsenD danced abo':t the grave several
| ti!nas All tinnEa DtlinE l'y = Aoruas, uoucantjnH
M lhe v4,luca Of tho departed. After .l.ig Ella
! G:pcatse1 IN the ErAya narrow atripa OF yellow
I F4soer syrow being tho impartial color, and
u''t tsia the provisions brought hy tho relatives
Hafo placed it rclHtI:es vera prcaeut. II tluv
vera MT, tho H;>lrlt OF the esHon had to he
/ tents! will, blicc. Of tic hogs which had been
tFnnsnt chit f,r :hst F,l.gyose. Tue mAln relative
thth poaltl Hpsac ,l'.e on the e7nvas tho priest
ht"et nr s1..:r lighted Joss sticks and 1au;-
tered anl unfllsfa l:n,solf Ut, aud then .Es
| Fantastic: prn:s ssion pascal to another 1r47u!
! few intlsllualr. Wln indsed in tbs tncnn.iMa
! III quiet Esnnkn, Werp stationed at dtneTeat
| oha III the cemetery to protect tho nltar, and
Tisiscs1 E.ares nut engaged tue llot{it1me, who
seemed ith5urd With ths i,}ea TINT. tho cere
monies we're it3ti.tuic'l hD.e!y far thhlr AI1aaa-
.nlen. Two io!irEnltu hal h:cn chartered tot
tao occasion, but. l'l;lg ouar faHant, the pAy'
ful duni.cns nf far Ilat hal man" a ely ehot ii
poor John, Ind III .,nt instni,tn kt.7l:k the Acn
tehd At the altar With bts rocl,. u],ou which fo
bit tho dust. amid the s,uple but plaip4 "a
wailingB of tho llcathesi mud tho trump &.nE
growing OF tho hooHuIna. WHO Eecmcu clated ii
tlle Thought Of cuDb.cs:Gnuh tho ddIil viii
| EnccchH
After risitirg as u,auY grH7cs al rr.csisatla
festial day of labor, tho assembly met It tbs
altar and cnjoycd a simplo collasiot, Vi erittej
cat, chow chow. aud cofd tea, during which tlma
the ladies' scEoaeI under para&.oIs, which pro-
tected them from the suns rars and cobblo4
stones At tbs end Of tho frugaland reohe1chd
dinner they gathered up the provisions. tha5
| there might b. no FREQ lunch at tho expense Il
tho nAsaon, sesambsc1 into their express wagonb,
and returned to their Arealdea little faster thai
| vaa compatible With tito antonnity Of the occak
1ion u1la tho safety OF tleir peraOns.