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 435
hop at Peking The similarity between honorary gates and gates proper appearseven more striking, when we note that the latter, if built at theentrance to public edifices or large temples, generally have three 782 THE GRAVE. thoroughfares, viz. a large one in the middle, and two smaller onesto the… … 1 Honoiarv Gate in Front of a House. No less than their form, do the places on which honorary gatesare erected evince their ancient character of gates of mansions LOCATION OF HONORARY GATES. 783 and villages. In the first place, they often stand riglit in frontof the dwellings of the persons whose…
