Identifier: faceofchinatrav00kemp (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Kemp, Emily Georgiana, 1860-
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Publisher: New York, Duffield
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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rest of their garments were well venti-lated, and sometimes seemed in danger of falling topieces altogether. Their food seemed most inadequate—a chunk of bread, an onion (alas for the passengerwho hates the smell of an onion !), endless cups of teaat wayside restaurants, and frequent whiffs of smokefrom their tiny pipes. They are wonderfully good-tempered, always ready for a laugh, and most attentiveand careful for ones comfort. The first day passed without any adventure, butwas pleasantly spent in charming scenery, and wepassed a somewhat uneasy night trying to accustomourselves to our new beds (light camp mattresses withan air pillow under the hips—an excellent arrange-ment) and strange surroundings in an inn. It wasan easy task to get up early next day, and we startedat 6 a.m., so as to do a four hours stage before break-fast—fifteen miles. The country was full of interest-ing sights : one hamlet we passed through seemed tohave a monopoly of whips ; every shop was full of 46
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ch. vi Sacred Shrine of Tai Shan them and of nothing else. In another plaited strawfor hats was the only article for sale. Farther on, wecame to a district where each village had large bunchesof maize hanging in golden clusters from the trees,looking like fruit. As we turned a corner into a deepgully we came into a bevy of barrows in full sail—like a fleet of blue-sailed boats—bearing down uponus. They were the only ones we saw, as there wasnot much wind, but it was an unforgettable sight. As we approached the city of Tai An we were metby a fine soldier in red plush breeches, but the rest ofhis costume was not to match ! He had come sixmiles from the city to a<5t as our escort, and told us ofa noted Buddhist temple that we must stop and visit.There was an extraordinary seated gilt Buddha, witha broad grin on his face, and another grave one stand-ing, but there was nothing particularly noteworthy,as far as we could see. The soldier told us that pre-parations had been made for ou

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