Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-05-15
THE GREAT BUDDglI
IS woasHIPeo IN ' sAp,, Thai

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r' a ana Shoulders Only, N,.
&C., "'s"-L"oshtor Right p,' '''a's
Gods Nose-I,insins ,na = onaer the
Kioto. "reat Be.l =,
me temple of Dai.nor,s.
Enormous set ja, temple built for S',e great
This "GSoo,t Joke to amuse the ~ run t'ia-.an
and md sh orfal buddha" has on,. laithful.
b bI1 shoulders, at least nin oniy head
d das1, ne seems to be rsjns NV, 1--WE feet
,nl, VI inc earth, with hIs noo from the
aG 90 ~ hNe some one MAXIM stretch.
eilort TO struggle out of tba painful
h sione ms all his temple, ana sIh1 ,d He
halr touches its roof "'iu his curlne
one reaches him. inst
are reached, by series of sts 4, @il the gods
ooes ana courts From the mays' port.
sanctuary one can not yerv , sase Of the
70 oneself at the first cl9ncya Wy, men explain
hlllock of gold, that sh"n., wat is that
'front.' the shoulders of p' 'eleSs mass IN
b birS @tlhl at Wien You look n It Is
sai ai, Si,aV yoa see farabove Won tb up very
S s", gliaed lace the huge fxed evo ene colOs
fect wi; upoh you from the height Of s sls
lind myself making ibis n,,,
ene same time as good nat reliin mage at
lainily OF country people, who ~ ~ NIPPON
10 tne holy city for the first tin nave come
good folks, especially the lo ,,s' ana the
get over the idea of seeinp so ~, cannot
anu there are cries Of u,Hsn a god
'oh! '--eXclamations of sp,.- niF and
screams and little laughs. Now r riae-llttle
Bnddha is just too funny ni,h ie'ilylthis
Of llHe th NECK ana his stupid airfupnv osOrk
" " 'iiose snow men which urcbins ,na "isahy
.he corners of the streets-fnnnvg nuke ct
,.l,1 caricature made to o ~ sumo
niue children And there tho lt s,uer ny
t tLy Ianniy are all laughing right r Ooal-
1ile goa hose-laughing ill tbe too ui'ef
uoWii Their cheeks, and the otben '.als roll
ana even the guardian bronzos 'isl.ofs,
aiSo l'tuSh To see them laugh. Th on NY,
al look at me To see how I fool y, .hcy
ana have TO laugh, too-eon,t D"out IL
heip it. What u country "a possibly
Where everything is oddity and oo ospan
Who could ever imagine that HE tsI.tl
niue temple, with its reverences and J'o t,s
eternal laugh, could have lived t INV ~
centuries locked up in such ferociouS 'U polp
tery, ana have given birth to those n.y., lnsS'
sIiids Oh other temples, with their mon uaOu
and their hobgoblins? MINISTERS
MAKING THE ROUND.
ny the paSment of two cents oro !,
privileged to make the round of Tho o ' -
buddha-one ascends by series of s s,o
ing plank galleries, placed at n varv s Slo,,
angle, on which you can pass bobi,S S'erp
neau Oh the colossus, a little above ths
ni'pe OF the neck. advance upon it still tin
accompanied by the voyaging family. o tha
sioplhg way is slippery, old, byot ,no
here and there, worm catenNtbn
iadles very nearly fall. put out NV hand
10 help them, and then we become rood
friends right away. Behind the enornoua
mead, III dark nook. an old hronza !,
doWn-for one cent he shows -,
d SUIT OF armor and war mask which
once belonged to the great Taiko-SomaN
and then he throws open for our hensat
5undry very ancient idol closets in which
animal headed divinities are conserved
WIN various relics of weird aspect There
we do not laugh any more.
III .hc court OF uhlS temple is the most
monstrous of all the bells of Kioto-at
least seven or perhaps eight yards around
1t is rung by means of an enormous beam
tipped with iron-a sort of battering ram
suspended horizontally with ropes.
For two cents extra one has the RIGHT IN
experiment with it. | harness myself to
-he pulling straps, circle is formed
around me, and children run up. Even
.Wo or three young girls come behind me
% take hold, bothering me a great deal.
pulling the wrong way half the time,
into fits of laughter. The united
strength Of the three is almost equal to
he power of three good kittens.
Meanwhile the battering ram begins to
lield; gradually it begins to swing
3ooml boom! \ sound awful, cavernous
md prolonged into mighty orchestral
'ibrations which must be heard through
he whole of the sacred city
Then the audience is so happy!-delirious
With joy-can't get enough of it; every one
aughs, every one is i'll ecstasy.-New
orleans Times-Democrat' Translation
rom the French.