Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 485
ers are expected then to return home. 484 CEREMONY OF TIlE BRlDGE-L ADDER. Several Taolst priests are employed to prepare thebridge-ladderand aid in the celebration of the cere-mony at the expense of the son-in-law or sons-in-law ofthe deceased. A post seven or eight feet high is placedin a socket… … CEREMONY OF TURNING AROUND THE BRIDGE LADDER. these sticks amount to several tens. The longer onesare placed toward the bottom and the shorter ones towardthe top, the lowest tier being three or four feet from theground. At the extreme outer end of each is suspendedby a wire a kind of glass cup…
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