Il volto della Cina, viaggia in Cina orientale, settentrionale, centrale e occidentale; con un certo resoconto delle nuove scuole, università, missioni, e i vecchi luoghi sacri religiosi del confucianesimo, del buddismo e del Taoismo . hstanding l'assenceof the elite, per le donne e i bambini sono stati mostrigaily atsty - e poi il setting ! Erano allperfettamente civili per noi e pronti a parlare. Una donna stava alimentando il suo bambino di cinque anni, non ancora svezzato.le feste della famiglia hanno continuato ad arrivare sugli asini e le donne hanno avuto i loro piedi legati in sacchetti per proteggere i loro daintyshoes dalla polvere della strada. Da un lato erano in corso le rappresentazioni teatrali-cal

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The face of China, travels in East, North, Central and Western China; with some account of the new schools, universities, missions, and the old religious sacred places of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism . hstanding the absenceof the elite, for the women and children were mostgaily attired—and then the setting ! They were allperfectly civil to us and ready to talk. A womanwas feeding her five-year-old baby, not yet weaned.Family parties kept arriving on donkeys, and womenhad their feet tied up in bags to protect their daintyshoes from the dust of the road. At one side theatri-cals were going on, to a loud and ceaseless accompani-ment of drums. The theatres are all connected withthe temples, a visible sign of their origin in the Eastas well as in the West ; and the theatre and templedues are collefted together. Aftors are looked downon, and none is allowed to compete in the literaryexaminations ; they are in the lowest grade of society.The accompanying sketch gives some idea of thebeautiful colour scheme of temple and theatre eaves.It is the open-air stage of a theatre at Showyang, about sixty miles from Taiyiian. The little figures of beasts on the roof are a characteristic feature. 82. THEATRE STAGE ch. x Taiyilaitfu The stalls were full of interesting objects from allparts of the province, and we went round buyingvarious things that took our fancy. There werehandsome embroideries and lovely silks, and I wassurprised to find that we could take whatever weliked without paying for it ; it was sufficient to say, Come to the mission hospital to-morrow and thedoctor will pay. No Chinaman could have hadbetter credit, and few, I think, as good, in this city. From the temple of Heaven and Hell we returnedpast the barracks, and saw the men practising walk-ing on stilts ; apparently that was part of their drill, as finally they all filed off into the yard on them.The soldiers are quite a decent set of men, and oneof the officers frequently sent them to the hospitalto be br

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