Superstitions of the People Concerning Spirits of the Murdered Manchus hom Our Prxind Conzsroxsent Although I had not visited Sianfu ince 1911, just before the Revolu-
Kaifengtu which Shave vistod et a much more recent dite, "There is one broad. street, inside the enst gate, and the other main streets are well paved; instead the old covered cart the nowadays, motor-lorries and a very occasional private car." These are about the Sly marked changes. For the: est, the city has still no electric Tight, a few of the main cross-roads ing lit with lamps of petrol-gas, with the result that, the rest of the ity being in darkness, all activities Come to an end by about 8 pin, and the population goes to bed." The number of modern buildings can W, be counted on the fingers of two hands, even the government office being the old Yamens with only slight alterations. 'The shops ai all of the old Chinese type, with, open fronts, which, by the way, ha the great' advantage that' the beggars, instead, of pestering the pedestrians, as they do in the more modern-built towns, sit on the Benches outside the shops provided for the convenience of customers and pester the. shopkeepers instead. Although. Sianfu cannot vie with towns such as Kaifengfu in modern ity, there is not the same strong contrast between. luxury and poverty; the level hax remained much more oalnneed. The houses in the side re the usual type of mad and brick buildings of forth China, as they have stood for centuries; but against that, there fare no whole districts of hovel
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