The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-23

splrfs OF realism Is manifested and the
reptiles are carved 90 represent the hid
cous cobra 81 cspelio a variant o. Kali
is the goddess Bohwanl She is Of more
slender build than her prototype ana
bears resemblance vague and IN some
cases startling 90 guam ~ the Chinese
Goddess of Heaven. n has been sAk-
rested by Oriental scholars chat the Mon
gol tribes which invaded India IN the
Christian era. aud 81 whom the Goorkas
Or Goorkhas are the most prominent de-
scendnuts brought che guam Yin cuN
with them. and that % became mixed or
modified by the Kali worship resulting
in the crent lion OF the newer divinity Bob
yanL The tiger figure. or tiger with che
haif-human head. ls a symbol Of silva,
Ganesh, the good-natured god O. always
typlned by an elephant either uncrownel
or crowned ilnuuuau. the money god.
ls an interesting creation. and undoub'-
eddy represents the acicnt faith o. q Tamil
rncc which occupied India before the ear
ly Aryans invaded % from the north
Krishns though the most popular Hindu
deity Is seldom Represented hy craven
image
Comparison Of the older with the later
figures shows clearly that the iirst statues
were simply authroro ana OF con
WIS a gradual degradation in Che work
mauship as iu the RELIGIOUS concepts Just
as the god silva. SILVA. or Shiv degener-
ated from the clear conception 81 the de-
gfrucUve forces OF the universe into q
monster Of cruelty aud nloodshed 80 the
figures changed from that OF "a handsome
man 10 a humanizei tiger Buddhist 100. 8
divide themselves into i've classes, accord
iug 20 the lands from which they come
India, Ceylon China, Korea. and Japan
Those % india are old. exclusively ola
owing 10 the fact that tho faith OF Gaa-
tama died centuries ago in the land oi its
birth. Those OF Ceylon are clumsy, hut
contain considerable power and natural
ness The Chinese Ruddhas are strongly
permeatei with Taolsm. and present the
IDEAL Taoist beauty which b. extreme
obesity Korean Buddhas display traces
81 Shnmanism or deNil-woThip me
most characteristics figures ana ngurettes
have a setui-dia hoical expression similar
20 that which marks tine demons once
worshlpped la the Hermit Kingdom The
japanese Buldhas In this city bciray the
history OF che Shinto faith. II came from
China during the Christian era. and was
largely modified by japanese factors
Chinese Dolls.
Chinese idols TO- New York are numerous
ana range from Buldha down 20 the beau
uful little divinity known as the Kitchen
God. The most attractive female divinity
Is Ouan Yin. the Goddess Of Heaven, whc
Is portrayed with exceedingly ohiique eyes
long oval face. and long slender hngers
with exquisite nails. she g. the most pop
ular female divinity ia the Celestial King
dom and bears the same relation 20 th'
faith Of the far East as the Virgin doe
IN the latin countries. Next 10 guam yin
is the goddess 81 Ling Chez. better known
as the Goddess ~ silkworms. She Is 40
historical character, having once been AZ
Empress. During her reign she paid great
attention TO raising silkworms, and mad
so many improvements thar she enriched
the land Tor five hundred miles in every
direction around her palace. When sh'
died she was deihed, and f. stiil praye,
TO hy the numhfrless silkgrowers ans
weavers Of the empire Next month, No
yemher IS the Festival Of the Cocoons
or Of 81 Ling Che" A fine booking mag
is that 81 the God OF Golden PROFIT wh'
tvpines the strong commercial nature Z"
the Monaghan OF equal repute IL Quan'
tt or Quaug-Hc-G the God OF War
He Is also an historical character. having
when alive. been "A brilliant general. wh'