'TEMPLE IN MANCHURIA, January 14th.—On the hill of I-wu-hi, in the district of Kuang-ping, in Feng-tien, which is mentioned in the Ritual of the Five an Mountains of the Empire in Chou dynasty, and was included among the
the reign of K'ai Huang of the Sui dynasty, there is temple at which worship is celebrated simultaneously with that at the Temple of Heaven in Peking, and to which the Emperors of the present dynasty have always repaired when visiting the tombs of their ancestors in Manchuria. It is possessed of divine powers of unusual efficacy, and last summer when the province was visited with severe drought prayers offered there to the deity of the ill obtained an immediate response in a plentiful downpour of bounteous rain.
Temple which is only five li to the west of the town of Kuang-ning was kept in good state of preservation during the Min iyuasty, but not having been ropaire since the time of K'ang Hsi, it has been allowed to fall into neglect during the last 160 years. The woodwork is all decayed, the grounds are overgrown with weeds and grass, and only the rafters being left of the roof, the images are exposed to the open air," In anticipation of the present Em-peter following the example of his ancestors and visiting the place, the Governor of the province has drawn up plans for the restoration of the building. To complete the work at once would require assum of Tls. 100,000 but he proposes to distribute the expenditure over a number of years, and use for this purpose the into. rear of various sums which were assigned to the province as far back as 1845 for the extirpation of brigandage. 'This will afford a revenue of about 5,000 strings of cash every year, and by making use of this and finally' of the principal he hopes to be able to complete the work in five or six years, January, 15th,—No papers of interest,
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