The religious system of China, its ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, customs and social institutions connected therewith. Published with a subvention from the Dutch colonial government (1892)
Groot, J. J. M. de (Jan Jakob Maria), 1854-1921 · Leyden E.J. Brill · leaf 28
ay in which, in times past, theliving left the dead behind. It will be seen from Chapter V that informer centuries many of the large grave hills, such as were thrownup for kings and grandees, possessed a sort of tunnel denotedin the books by the character |^, being evidently nothing morethan a… … monarchs of the late Ming dynasty (Ch. XIV). In that part of ourwork it will also be shown that in the province of Fuhkien 376 THE GRAVE. people are still in the habit of constructing in front of graves ofthe better sort premises exactly corresponding to the premises ofthe dwellings of the living…
