China From a Medical Point of View in 1860 And 1861 : to Which is Added a Chapter On Nagasaki As a Sanitarium
The book China From a Medical Point of View in 1860 And 1861 : to Which is Added a Chapter On Nagasaki As a Sanitarium was written by author Gordon, Charles Alexander, Sir, 1821-1899 Here you can read free online of China From a Medical Point of View in 1860 And 1861 : to Which is Added a Chapter On Nagasaki As a Sanitarium book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is China From a Medical Point of View in 1860 And 1861 : to Which is Added a Chapter On Nagasaki As a Sanitarium a good or bad book?
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The principal shrine remained, how- ever, and here the principal figure was a representation of Budha surmounted by a canopy, half obscured by a thin silk curtain which hung across the front, and surrounded by a series of smaller figures, which probably represented deities of minor importance. Around the walls of the apartment stood in various attitudes " celestial " deities, each of whom had an expression different from his companions— some being gentle and philanthropic, others the reverse. B...anners, standards, gongs, bells, and drums were variously suspended from the roof, and placed at intervals ; incense sticks, and candlesticks stood upon a raised altar, which would have looked like what we are accustomed to see in a Roman Catholic church, were it not that in the centre stood the Confucius tablet. The whole TBIN-TSIN. / 135 was enveloped in a dim, religious light, occasioned by the win- dows here, as everywhere else in the north of China, consisting of semi-transparent and very dirty paper.
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