Inside Out Library

The religious system of China, its ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, custom and social institutions connected therewith (1892)

Groot, J. J. M. de (Jan Jakob Maria), 1854-1921 · Leyden : E. J. Brill · leaf 280

An illustration from The religious system of China, its ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, custom and social institutions connected therewith, 1892, leaf 280
China to everythingwhich is destructive to spectres, pictures of Chung-khwei are recom-mended there as effective medicines. In Li Shi-chens standard workwe read indeed, that Chung-khwei expels sie and stops fever, and women labouring under difficult childbirth should take in some water the ashes of… … Shoki (from a bronze in the Musee Gnimet). MEDICAL USE OF IMAGES OF CHUNG-KHWEI. Fig. 18. 1181

Ancestor worship · Burial · Demonology · Witchcraft

Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from The religious system of China, its ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, custom and social institutions connected therewith

More like this