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 365
the consideration, that respect requires thename of the family of the reigning monarch to be raised highabove the rest of the epigraph; moreover, the superstitious calculationbased upon the quinary division of the human fate (see page 1105),has evidently required the removal of a couple of… … Tablet House of a Tomb. TABLET-HOUSES. 1151 the body of the tablet, in order to make each column consist oftwelve, the number ensuring old age. The same Plate also shows,that stone tablets are sometimes decorated on the front with marginsof carved figures reminding us of a wreath of twigs and…
Ancestor worship · Burial · Demonology · Witchcraft -- China · China -- Religion
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