Er-Wang-Miao, in Szechuan, Razed to the Ground: Memorial to a Great Engineer Chéngta, Mar. 20.
'The temple known ax Er-Wang-Miao, wated at Kuanhsien, [Szechuan, has been burned to the izround, only two small pagoda towers' remaining.
This temple was the finest and largest in the province, and was one. lof the most famous temples of China, The building wax began in the reign of the Emperor K'ang-si, of the Ching dynasty, and was' completed in the reign of Chien Lung. It wax founded in honour of the deified Er-Wang, one of the great historical figures who ix to have been responsible for the vast, Jand ancient irrigation system that starting from the borders of the tribes country at Kuanhsien, spread throughout the Chénztu plain, converting that one-time barren region into one of the most fertile provinces, of his father, were' responsible for the ing works about 500 B.C. ince that time there has been Jan annual spring ceremony, or the large parties of id Chinese have travel-ceremony takes place on March 3 and many ure gu'ng to attend it and to visit the rains of the temple. The many valuable curios and reties fin the temple.also were Keuzer's Pacific Service,
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