The religious system of China, its ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, customs and social institutions connected therewith (1892)
Groot, J. J. M. de (Jan Jakob Maria), 1854-1921 · Leyden, E. J. Brill · leaf 296
which calls up before the mind the »table of a grave. Nothing has as yet been said in this chapter about sepulchres builtbefore the Ming dynasty; and the reason hereof is that we have neverseen any in a sufficient state of preservation to serve as models fora general description. Of those we have… … ON OLD GRAVES, AND CAVE-BURIAL. 1093 was left but a tumulus with a grave stone; and even these poorremains would long have disappeared, had not the owners beenaccustomed for generations to regard them as the bulwarks of theirwealth and fortunes, sacrificing regularly to the manes supposed todwell…
Ancestor worship · Burial · Demonology · Witchcraft -- China · China -- Religion
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