Peking And the Overland Route
Peking And the Overland Route
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Guards for the entrance of the ijrave Avere in ancient times buried alive in an outer vault of the se])ulehr(' of a diynitary. Together with horses, hoimds. Hawks, (h)tis and whatever else the deceased used in this world and was likely to want in the next. The practice of linin;, ' the avenue to Imperial tombs Avith monsters, domestic animals, and mandarins is doubt- less a persistence of this practice m a harmless and attrac- tive form.
The first monument which one sees in a})})roaching the Mi...nij Tombs, which are now known to the Chinese as the Shih San Linj, ' (-f-^p^), is a majfuificcnt marble j)'ailou. Or commemoratory arch, with five entrances and six j^iant pillars supportiui^ the heavy su]>cr-structure and the yellow-tiled roofs. The p'ailou is a monument which is only erected by Imperial decree to perpetuate the Tneinor\' of soaie great or virtuous person or event, and seldom runs to more than three arches. This five-arch structure, with its wealth of carving, is certainlv the 'J'hi* (jfnat Wall of ("liimi 98 finest in the Empire and is worthy of more than passing?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Guards for the entrance of the ijrave Avere in ancient times buried alive in an outer vault of the se])ulehr(' of a diynitary. Together with horses, hoimds. Hawks, (h)tis and whatever else the deceased used in this world and was likely to want in the next. The practice of linin;, ' the avenue to Imperial tombs Avith monsters, domestic animals, and mandarins is doubt- less a persistence of this practice m a harmless and attrac- tive form.
The first monument which one sees in a})})roaching the Mi...nij Tombs, which are now known to the Chinese as the Shih San Linj, ' (-f-^p^), is a majfuificcnt marble j)'ailou. Or commemoratory arch, with five entrances and six j^iant pillars supportiui^ the heavy su]>cr-structure and the yellow-tiled roofs. The p'ailou is a monument which is only erected by Imperial decree to perpetuate the Tneinor\' of soaie great or virtuous person or event, and seldom runs to more than three arches. This five-arch structure, with its wealth of carving, is certainlv the 'J'hi* (jfnat Wall of ("liimi 98 finest in the Empire and is worthy of more than passing?
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