The Archive · 1937

SAGES OF HOPEI HONOURED

Spring Sacrifice at Temple in Peiping Peiping, Apr. 20.

Spring sacrifices to the sages Hopet wore hold this morning at the Metropolitan Sages" Temple outside the Hisuan Wu Men this morning.

General Sung Cheh-yuan,. Chairman of the Hopel-Charhar Political Council, presided and was assisted by General Chin Teh-chun,, Mayor of Peiping, and Mr. Tent Cheh-hs}, President of the Htopel High Court, There was a large gathering of officials present, who paid their homage before the spiritual tablets of the sates, Two Into Hopel scholars were enshrined in the temple this morning. They were Mr, Pan Kiang, father of Mr. Pan Vu-kwel, member of the Hopel-Charhar Politieat Council, and Shang Chen-yung, a minister of justice under the Manchus and teacher of Pan Kiang.

Tt was on the recommendation of Sung Cheh-yuan that the Hopei Guild decided to admit Pan Kiang and Shang Chen-yung into the temple—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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