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 654
R-LAMPS. Doolittle, in his work on China, says: Frequently alarge number of small and cheap earthen vessels, shapedsomewhat like bowls, is provided. A preparation of pitchand some other inflammable material, or some oil, or acandle, is put in each. Around the top of the outside ofeach are fastened… … LETTING GO THE WATER-LAMPS. edge of the nearest running water, where, the pitch oroil having been lighted, the vessels are placed carefullyon the water and allowed to float away. The object ofthis is explained to be, to afford lights for the spirits thatcome or go by water. The priests coming to…
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