Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 60
fe of the people atevery turn. The charities of the Empire, which arenumerous, are conducted by guilds. There is, perhaps, littlepersonal charity and benevolence ; it is safer to leave theseto the guilds. But there is scarcely a town of any sizethat has not its Guild of Benevolence. Soup kitchens,… … THE GARDEN OF THEGUILD OF BENEVOLENCE,CHUNG KING. A BURIAL CHARITY. A cemetery, with temple attached,for the burial, with all sacred rites, ofstrangers who may have died friendless.To a Chinaman the most importantevent in his history is his burial. Wecan have no idea of what decent burialmeans to…
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