Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-18

son and successor, Tai eTsung. who died
in 1914, just before the Manchus- sup
planted the Ming dynasty and made
themselves masters of Picking. Nurhachus
burial place is ten miles or more from
the hotel by road indescribable when
the loose alluvial soil is dry. and inn
passable for wheels when 1t is wet. II
is a matter of a good two and half
favorable
You drive straight through Mukden
from the west. and out into the country.
side beyond. SO that YOU have plenty OF
variety. There is an inner CITY. rectan-
gular and symmetrical confined Wlthni
high massive crenelated walls OF brick,
in which the gates are still closed at
night, though above only one or them
does the ancient gatehouse remain.
Covering a much larger area beyond its
limits is the outer town, with feeble.
ruinous wall of crumbinS mud. Both are
filled with the close-packed muititu
dinous industrial activity and nuopup y.
Chinese life. with loungers also no.
few, and half-starved pigs innumeraple,
the only scavengers. 1t is not TIL you
pass into the central city that you mee.'
among the signs and shop fronts. soI,ie
that make their appeal direct 10 we
"Democratic Hotel: Ming Tao, tailor
Every kingdom fashionable.
An hour or so after you have ieII the
city you gradually approach HheIs
wooded ridge with steep slope 70 .nt
plain. and above its somber frs stand CT
in contrast the glowing roofs or the I'M
perial mausoleum. A great rectanguIa,
area, fully half a mile in length. lhcioseu
bv walls, runs from south to nor.n w
th, face of the ridge. In the center Oh
tho bottom wall is a richly decorated
gateway. whence broad avenue or pro
cess:onal road. paved and nankeo at .Ie
lower end by sculptured anlma4s.hoi,s s:,1
camels and the like-ascends the mn.
~~,r11t hot
track. .+.an
Here and there the ascent Is SO steep
that it breaks into a flight OF steps. oli
the more level plateau at the top Is
timber building gorgeously painted WIN
intricate designs in many coiors. oouue
rooted, the tiles of rich Imperial yeiio".
Within. supported on the back OF coios-
sal tortoise of marble, magnifcentiy
sculptured, is massive fat pillar or tap
LET Of great, height. its face inscribed IN
the script of three languages-Manchu.
Monaghan and Chinese-with a record OF
the reign. Covering 1t is lovely ceiling
of square panels with device OF th'ee
lotus leaves. gold. on deep-blue srouna.
Smaller buildings, for necessary omces'
flank this one at suitable distance SO
that it's dignity is not impaired
Sacred Burial Place.
This is but the beginning of the ap-
proach to the sacred burial place. A lit
tie beyond-higher UP the hills great
gateway, piercing centrally a lofty wall
of immense thickness, built of cool gray
brick; and above the portal a gatehouse
with triple roof. tiled and decorated like
the building just below. Passing through.
underneath you enter large inner rec
tangular court, Perhaps, to hazard a
guess, 60 yards broad by some 200
long. entirely enclosed by the same mas
sive wall through which you have just
entered it. In the center, near the far
ther end, approached By broad fight
of stone steps. is temple, gorgeous like
the other buildings. in which the en-
perors of the Manchu line were wont to
do reverence to their ancestor. On the
, top of the wall beyond it, corresponding
with the gateway at the lower end, is
| another triple-roofed building, containing
| a massive tablet erect on plain stone
pedestal. bearing in the three languages
the names of the deceased. Immediately
behind is the actual tomb, immense
dome-s shaped mound. with a single tree
growing on the summit 1t is of sun
dried earth. caked and smooth and al
most white. 1t stands in large cres-
centshaped area inclosed by walls SINH