Villagers of Yang Hong, Paoshan, attempted. to create a riot, last, reek which, thanks to the police of the. village, was averted, not by force, but by peaceful means, The villagers, as in previous years, visited the Kuan Ti Miao temple to worship the city god from China New Year's Day until the end of the first moon. This Year, however, they were of De Jnitted to do this because the district magistrate had issued an order forbidding, what he described as a superstitious practice, It will be Jecalled that, last year, a number of dols in the various temples in that! district were taken from their ben hes and destroyed, though that from the Kuan Ti Miao was left un-Gamaged, The villagers insisted that they should be permitted to estore the god to the temple for Worship, but this was refused and Jnany villagers) who visited the temple were dispersed by the police.
'A conference was called, by the gentry and, while this was going on, a large number of vill-gers foreed an entry into the temple, replaced the god in the shrine, fand resumed their worship. A telephone message was sent to Paoshan-Hsien and, shortly afterwards, an armed police party arrived at the village, The villagers refused to Vacate the temple and the situation Appeared at one time to be very Serious. However, the police officers And a representative of the district government, after considerable per~ Suasion, succeeded in prevailing, upon them to leave and not to worship the god until they had received permission,
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