Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-18

story growing smaller as 1t assembled, !
and was composed entirely OF pOr-
celain, covered with those grOtesque
aud fantastic Bible figures one sees on
Chinese crockeTy. Around each story
ran galleries OF gllded iron, covered
with thousands OF little bells. which
jngltd and Tung IN the night breeze.
at the summit Of the pagOda was "A
bronze idol OF BuddhG himself
The Lai and Assured, the good and
evil spirits by whom the Chinese
swear, In the lowest OF the twenty-six
heavens situated In the center OF
Mount Nuenmo, 10000 miles above
the earth.
The mausoleum OF one OF the Tartar
kings Of China, showing the magnit-
cent Chinese sepulcher. The iaoleau
represented the corpse being carried
INTO an immen.e editlce, adorned with
statues OF lions, elephants aud tigers.
| In the center OF the building, to be
/ buried with the monarch, are large
sums OF gold aud silver, royal robts,
rich viands, aud this to enable hts
maiesty to have royal old time In
the next world. To protect this treas
ure from the ghouls aud thieves, an
automatic bow is attached TO the door,
| which might have been used Tor the
tomb OF A T stewart with good effect
for II any body attempts to open the
doors the bow discharges arrow atteT
arr W at him.
The Chinese Heaven.-This heaven
was, strange enough, suoterransan
cavern whose roof of stalActites and
columns of crystal dszzled the eye
Seated upon mound OF precious
stones was Tsen HDang, sovereign o.
heaven and around him the Hoi wht
defend the treasures OF heaven, with
beautiful feminine faces, but long ser
pentine bodies. a.
The pslAce Of the Grand Lama, thu
Buddhist pope, at Shasa in Thlbet.
The birth OF Kong Fou-Tlen, know
to us as Confucius. The planets. drag
ous and eerpents here represented
come TO the lowly residence Of Con
fuclus' father TO pay homage to lh
infant philosopher.
THE FESTIVAL or LANTERNs
showed a Chinese junk sculling dow
the Hoang-ho river, bearin
upon lbs prov Chinese prime
a and prinoess, with a gdly dressr'
! retinue celebrating the fest OF lantern
I In honor of the new moon The ric
paintings and gildings OF the Jun
+ we're set off to advantage, and weI
i made still more brilliant by q @ liBl
! an hundreds OF Chinese lanterns
. every form and color, hanging from Tn
n aides of the vessel. festoOning its masl
!. and bowsprH. The sce1e was sti
further enhanced by the continue
discharge of rockets and other pyr'
je technics
n Fohi. the first and fabulous Ell
= neror OF China, with the head ola bu
~ and the body OF a dragon, was repr
n sented in the act OF receiving, III
,s Moses. from heaven the Y-lang
Chinese book of laws. Font VI
n seated by the banks Of the Hpsng !
with dragon-hoTse before him, besi
~ ing between it's outstretched arms u
r. Wang.
n. The ancestral hall Of the emperor
y. China, with the emperor, accom- PAM
40 nv his various tributaries paying III
he ute TO his ancestors.
M Konan-ti, the Chinese god OF va
~ riding In mid-air on a eharlot dfAV
~ hv winged horses, showerlng down
n. lows upon the Eleuth, the enemies
~ Tbe temple OF Fo or Buddha. -Tl
presents an exact counterpart OF I
an largest and most famous temple
Cd China, near the city OF Can't,
~ Within the temple are three gold
he starues, rthe three pure, precious a
bonorable"-Fo, the Buddhist trini
an Buddha. Dhama and 'nga-the 81,
M person ia three different shapes
re lore each idol Is an altar, upon ~hl
he the ho-changs or priests are ohsfi
gd Ger Hoang, thetirst mortal empe
a az China, With the body Of aiAg
eh aud nine hcads Issuing from 'tne '