Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-05
IN THE DAYS NEWS
The Tomb of cenfucius.

The tomb of Confucdus, the Mecca to which millions of Chinese pilgrims have iourneyed is said by despatches to be covered with weeds due to dispute be- tween descendants of the great sage who have inherited the duty of caring for this shrine of the nation.
 The burial place of the man who has dominated Chinese thought for 25 cen turies is described, as it appeared few years ago. in the following conmunica tion from Charles K Edmunds to the National Geographic society: This Confucian temple, an enormous and magnificent place, occupying with its grounds the whole of one side of the town of Kufu, is the model of the Con 1 fuoian temples found in all the cities of China. It is almost certainly the growth of ages
 Within the main building, called The l Hall of Perfection. sits the canopied 1 image of the great sage, of which there are not more than two or three duplicates | throughout the empire. Ordinarily, Con | fucian temples do not contain an image 1 of the sage. but simple tablet befove which veneration and devotions are ex- pressed.
 The statue is of wood larger than | life size, and represents the sage seated, l holding in his hands the imperial tablet 1 or scepter as a symbol of his sovereignty I in the realm of thought.
 He is clothed in nine different silk
 garments, on which the twelve imperial 1 embleTns are embroidered, namely, sun, moon, stars, mountains. dragons, pheas-
 ants, altar vessels, water lilies, flames of
 fire, rice, axes and classic characters. While nine of these were used for great princes, as well as emnerors, the first l three were exclusively imperial insignia. 1 Thus is denoted the high rank with whicl, Confucius has long been honored. 1 ''The temple grounds are separated
 from the rest of the town by the street l that marks the site of the ancient village
 in which ConfueiuS was born the actua site of the house itself being marked by the Dukes Palace, for there is still . duke ia Lu, the 77th lineal descendant oi
 the sage.
 Besides the contributions from devo
 tees and appropriations from Picking, es
 tates of many acres are devoted to tn, support ef the temple, and the supply O
 the great number of pigs. sheep and cat
 tie required for the sacrifices, for n, 1 symbolism of cheap paper images as Sdb
 stitutes for the real article, so common : elsewhere in China. is allowed here. ''The duke Is also in charge of the up keep of the great Confueian cemetery which lies outside the city. to reach whicl . one goes from the north gate of the cit, for about a mile along a wide avenu
 lined with cypress trees.
 s The portal to Sheng-hng, built in it , present form in 1755 by the list linea , descendant of Confucius. gives access t a park-like enclosure of over 500 acre. } containing the sepulcher of the sage an I 1 of all his deScendants The total is un I doubtedly tens of thousands of grave. 2 When a family holds together for 2.So r years it grows into a big concern-abou [ TO per cent. of the population in thes parts, even the soldiers sent as escort y claiming membership in the clan. Tn
 park is cared for by 200 attendant
 whose families have inherited this dut
 for many hundreds of years
 From the outer entrance of the 'Groy
 of the True Sage an avenue of fine an
 ancient eyreesses, about 150 on a sid 1 leads to an inner inclosure. where ar
 halls foc worship and monuments of in perial visits from the Sung dynast ] down.
 "As one passes inward the monument become more and more ancient The al a poets of the park are rather those of az B than of neglect Presently one comes ,. The Holy Way closed in by walls lii : The Emperor's Way from one pala, U pHiiuihS to dHo1Uef, lituS QSnOllHS IT s imperial ranking of the sage q Finally in very nearly the center d the whole inclosure the visitor comes l. two hilloeks that cover the remains n Cenfueius and his son. In front of eat Il is a simple stone altar and an inscribt il pillar, the one before that of the sa. q himself reading Most Holy Ancie I Teacher
 = "It is said that the esrth forming u ,- mound covering the body of ConfucI'
 has been brought from each of the :, provinces of the enlpfre, However tn !. may be. it is certainly true that the i !. fuenee of the sage has been and still felt throughout the whole extent of t great country; and the prophet himse l. While in these latter radical days som
 l what dusty, still aDpear on his shoulde
 the vast commonwealth of China who - moral basis with all it's deficiencies,
 surely great memorial to a great a
 wonderful man"
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