The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-25
DUDDHA'S GOLDEN ISLAND.
THE MONKS or 4 RELTGTON OLDER
THIN CHRTS7IfNI7Y.
Demoninc Guardians OF the Four Quarters Of
che world Lotus Flowers aud Idols by the
Score MutterinR Unintciiigibie Prayers.

Demoniac Guardians Of the Four Quarters OF
che World Lotus Flowers aud Idols by the
score-MutterinE Unintciiigibie Prayers.
ftgr n, SIN Er,n%.v clyvnice.
CHfNK-TANd FU (China) Dec. %, 1876
Foreign treaties and trade have brought for
cisn sieamOOats, very similar TO those which
ply on the SACRAMENTO, less. perhaps, the gild-
Ing. the bar, and the itnposition their plno4s
being taken 10y rOOmy cabins liquors al libi-
yum ma ~ honest PURPOSE 10 make you com
i9r,a l,. Jn,ankS To- II arrangement which
no foul odors attending n crowded decklul u
Chinese, or their cooking. are waited to offend
ihan otherwise by ihe inon3ionods drawl Of The
man at the lead. with his seldom changing cry,
ana "a huli SIN" III YOU are long in the cOun-
lry, anu haNc u clear conscience, nothing Will
induce you to turn out before TO- Tor you well
know that there viii by nothing to look
or log raft now and then. and tho fishing
boats Ahr you sec the mountains. and
beneath you is the yellow, muddy. cvor-chang-
ing river. into whose depths it Is useless 10
r,cr. And SO the day goes on. until il You left
Shanghai in good scnson. YOU find the shin at
cvcntidc nearing an island. whose lofty heights
covered with The gTcvnrSt Of foliage and stud
dcd here and there with buildings OF etrnn,,n
architecture. awake you from your lcthnrgy to
examine more infinitely the first object Of inter
.st you have seen the liyoiOng, weary day. This
temples, its nOnnstcrics and its beauty. Four
nlcs beyond. the evening fires Of Chnk-iang
ia send clouds Of smoke curling toward
heaven and yet n little way. and you dcscry a
dcsolut" prnmuntlry Oh whose highest point "a
nny 'oiumn looms through the night shudr-.
inns II me Chan shan or Golden Island. only
N changing river has left it high and dry, and
where i've and twenty years ago large men-oi-
war ana peal eiul trading craft sailed boldly ON,
Tie" hu-binIman Of today gathers his crops
and swrur- ut il drought Both the silver and
Golden Islands arc the homes of the monks vi
Buddha.
Turning Il point. wo como suddenly upon tho
principal gateway. and call for monk ~ guide:
Iiis mead wHs shaved az clean us a whistle. and
on the crown were branded nine small circles
In liu. - ~ threr. His chief rob- was oi course,
gtuy mat rial. over which he wore a short half
tunlr of a yellow color. His feet were shod with
sandals. AMI in his hand he bore Il rosary. Even
II ~ roni2 h9t answer questions ne could caH-e
he did 10 my hearts content Ilc took Us
into an inner court, aud drew inside
resembling an organ, and exhibited the
GUIDED image Of fat. ,ioily-lopking priost.
Mni,h was elih'r tNnl'hi ol me Joy pi holiness
Bhudlas mind to spiritual reelection. il APP
n'Hrs mat the iulure STUNT was too mueh mar
tfu, i,hl one uly, IN snrDr u,sp,ra,"h. ne r9n
rin ,9 noun, u" XIV NrIl 10 iiS inoiints IN ,le
nun Terribly diseased an aged cripple. corpse.
y as H.. , nit ,c .s ly a r,nr struck
frr ms il'nly, I'M psei
own idea. not The least Of witch seems in have
either hand ~ th,s u,,,rn ,,.t,i'b occ,,
pins n central ir.i,i.r nro " s,nr otH.us
Which. although raprcsentcd AS seated nre
over tyrnty irni MIN II wouId Le bnrd ia
give clear description Of thcm-their bodies
and costumes seem cmhlcmatic ~ thousand
things combined in one. The first on your
right cnrrics a sword uplfted. and looks angry
enough To eat you NJ. We ARE told this H. the
reprrsn nted rs PLAYING on % musical instrument
resembling n guitar. and with n smile on his
iare which Is childike and bland. The third
Woo bc To the day when he shall open IT, for the
heavens shall be darkened and sorrow come
upon the face of the earth. The fourth has "A
serpent wound about his arm while in the on
poste manu- ne holds diminutive lomn~hell.