Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-17
BOW caIrAs EnpERoR LIVES.

The ruler of the $50 900, 600 of which the
Chinese nation probably consists is now
within five years of his majority (the age
of Is years., and is an occupant, while yet
a minor, of the same apartment in which
lived the Emperor who preceded him on
| the Dragon throne. There, says the North
China Herald, he eats with gold-tipped
chop-sticks of ivory. There he sleeps on =
large Ningpo bedstead, richly carved and
ornamented with ivory and gold-the same
on which the noble. minded Emperors
Kang Hsi and Chen Lung used to recline
after the days fatigue last century and the
century before. Like one of those living
Buddhas who may be seen in lamssery
on the Monaghan plateau, he is knelt to
by all his attendants and honored as god.
The seclusion in which ne is kept is far
more complete than that of the gods.
The building in which the Emperor
resides is called Yang Hsin Tien,
and is a little to the vest of the Chen
Ching Meu in the middle of the palace.
AT the back of the central gate, on the
south side, is the great reception hall.
When Ministers of State and others enter
for An audience, at 4, or 6 in the morn
ing, according to custom, they have to go
on foot to the center Of the palace over half
a mile, if they enter by the east or west
gate and when they get on IN years they
can appreciate the Emperor's favor, which
then by decree allows them to be borne
on chair instead Of walking. The rooms
of the Emperor consist of seven compars-
ments. Theyare provided with the divan,
or ang, the peculiar institution of North
China. The Hangs are covered with red
felt of native manufacture, and the floor
with European carpets. The cushions all
have embroidered on them the dragon and
the phoenix. Pretty things scattered
through the room are endless in variety.
and are changed in accordance with any
wish expressed by the Emperor.
The rooms are in all thirty yards long by
from eight to nine yards deep, and are d.
vided into three separate apartments, the
Throne-room being the middle one. Fold.
ing doors, ten feet in hight, open into each |
Of these apartments to the north and south |
in the center of each. The upper part of |
these doors is in open work, in which vari. |
Gus suspicious characters and flowers are |
carved These doors remain open, even in |
winter, because during that season a thick |
curtain of damask is hung
IN the doorway, which, by its weight, keeps |
it's place close to the doorposts and keeps |
the cold air from entering. In summer
this is replaced by curtain admitting the |
breeze, on account of it being made of very
hin strips of bamboo. These are of various
,olors, and passing through the whole
texture of the curtain from top to
bottom are very agreeable to the
,ye. These summer and winter curtains are
oiled up to give air to the rooms when re.
Iuired. The Hoppe who lately returned
rom Canton gave the Emperor a present
Talued at SIS, 600. 1t consisted of chande-
iers holding 500 wax candles each. His
Majesty has also some electrical machines
Ind numberless foreign curiosities.
The Emperor was vaccinated when an
nfant, before his high destiny was thought
If, otherwise it would have been difficult
10 vaccinate him, for, his person being
acred when Emperor, no lancet can touch |
lin. His mother, the Princess of Ch'un,
,oes in to see him once month, and kneels
when she first speaks to him, but rises af.
erwards. His father does 30 too The
Emperor studies Chinese daily for an hour
md half, and Manchu also for an hour
md q half. He spends two hours in
'rchery and riding and in winter amuses
himself with sledging. He has little
brother of five, whom it may be hoped
'he mother takes with her when she
goes to the Palace. The teachers who in
'truct him kneel to him on entering, but
afterwards ait. The Emperor mas eight
sunuchs, who constantly attend him,
besides an indefinite number for special
occasions. He has his meals alone, and
the eight eunuchs wait round him, restrain
ing him if he takes too much of any one
thing. His school-room is at the back of
the Yang Hsin Tien, already described,
and the hall for conference each morning
with ministers is a little to the east-[Pall
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