The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-21
BILKINS In CHINA.
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years ergo. The Emperor visits this |
place about once a year an offers up
sacrifice on a great altar built or
white marble. The Temple or awltar
itself liz not in the form ov a buildln
Dein' merely three circular terraces.
diameter, the second $50 feet, while
the top IL about 100 feet. There IL
no roof over hit. The Emperor as
cends to the altar at midnight an
kneels an offers the sacrifice, which
Is the carcass ov perfect bullock.
must be fine speciment oV the cat
lie kind, free from disease and in
nne form. Near the larger structure
is pagoda, awlso consisting Of three
platforms. This IL built entirely oV
marble. Hit liz named the Temple
ov each Chinese year the Emperor
offers up a prayer for blessings upon
the year. So hit seems that the Chi
nese Emperor il religious, at least
| TWO days in each year. Az to the
| balance ov the year. l am not on the
witness stand.
You will learn from the above that
while the people ov India an the
people ov China air SO unlike in ap-
pearance an in their way ov dom
Chings, their religion, if we may call
nit by that name, liz awlmost exactly
the same. Hit il simply Buddhism.
They worship idols, beasts an birds
Anything except the true God. But
while Buddhism is everything in
india, the Chinese air somewhat di-
vided. A part ov them believe in
what IL known az "Taoism," differ
ence without much to distinguish hit
from Buddhims. Taoism teaches that
this world il full ov evil spirits-an
hit IL. But many of the Chinese, es
pecially those who air a little veal
thier than their nabors, even go 81
far az to build a wall in front o1
che doors ov their homes to keep ou
the "evil spirits" These walls all
! just little wider and little higher
: than the doors to the homes , an thu
Chinese fully believe that evil spirit
can only travel in straight line, 81
these walls keep them from enterin
their homes. They do not seem t.
know that evil spirits can climb owe
or go around walls before you'd sa
S Jack Robinson. But some ov yo1
r American believe in local prohibition
t dispensaries an other things whic
e air simply another style ov putin u
i a wall to keep "evil spirits Out
d | But you blasted Americans do no
e even hev fence in front of you
= homes in guide many cases, and
you do the front gates stands ope
: more than half ov the time, whic
-, il an invitation fer the evil Spirits
to enter.
Another piece ov nonsense in CHI
e ma, one along the same line, liz ths
y when large buildin' il to be bui
II lone more than two stories higl
for instance-the carpenters aw
ways tie punches ov leaves on tn
lsmall branches near the tops ov til
l. poles used to hold up the scaffolds
j. this being done to deceive the ev
- spirits an keep them from thinkin
hit IL scaffold, the idea being tn:
the evil spirits will think the pole
l. air real trees CROWN ON the spot a.
II that no buildin' IL goin' up. B,
B. the gable ends Of all roofs must |
finished so as to curve up, to kee
the evil spirits from comm to tt
ground. If you will motifs a pictul
rs ov awlmost any Chinese buildin'
r view ov collection ov buildin's
is city, you will see that the sid
e ov the roof nearly ANYWAYS curve u
ward for few inches, which is tt
- Chinese way ov keeping the evil spi
s. it's from elm bin off the roof a
down to the ground. If some brig
American can invent style of roo
ing that will be proof against spiri
an can convince the Chinese that b
is better than their spirit-proof plan
hiz fortune liz made. But hit wou
ot take several thousand years to CO
r. vince the Chinese az to the value
anything new; hit would be LOST
]. game; they air about four thousar
I'd years behind in nearly everything a
le air losin' daily in the march ov wor
At affairs. If Chinanan sees anoth,
Chinaman fall into the river he wi
lie make no effort to pull the drowni
,e man out, for the reazon that If Il
te evil spirits air tryin' to drown IL
re man they would resent and punis
le any attempt to rescue the man.
D. While hit IL plain that Buddha b.
Of had large influence in China, Co
b fucius probably held first prize. Co
ia fucius wuz born ISL years B. C. f
wuz a philosopher an stood in wit
the gang, or, rather, he made IL
gang stand in with him, fer he W,
az smart az a briar. But Confuci1
Y. wuz wrong. He thought that tho
j. who wuz not in offs need not wor1
is about what those who wuz in of
q, did, ov course that wuz wrong a
is the people ov China air sufferin' t
ID day, hev suffered for four thousar
a years because one slick rascal ha
l. pened to live in China an wuz alb
to influence the thoughts ov the De-
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