Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 62
s, 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 him. He is thinking of it andarranging for it all his life, and it isnot to be wondered at that so large apart of the operation of Chinese… … A BURIAL CHARITY. A BABY TOWER,FOOCHOW. When a baby dies, and the parents aretoo poor to give it a decent burial, thevdrop its poor little body into one ofthe openings in this tower. A Guild ofBenevolence charges itself with the taskof clearing out the tower every two orthree days, burying the…
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