This highway runs by the east side of Tenghsien. What is known jas the East Suburb was built around these inns and when the railway inned up thousands of people along this highway were pat out of Some of the: finns still keep and. the keep! ko out a pital open
{Eistence, The thoroughfare fe now being re repairs are going 9p, develop hun tine an f8¢ This is a diffeult undertaking for this part of China abounds in what fare called "dry rivers"—which are not dry when it rains, Te means the elevation of the road laces and bridges in others, A? good piece of road building now fu progress at Tenghsien over tone of these dry rivers in preparation "for the bus line.
"As a marker on this highway at 'Tenghsien stands a monument to a man and his wife placed in the most prominent place. possible' but now need of repair.
There are. to monuments—one erected in 1642 A.D. and the other about 25 years ago, We know the date by the Ming dynasty carving upon it and by the tien eht or style of the raler at that time, The close of the Ming dynasty was characterised by, rebellions. Wells Williams says—"The Manchus at this time were assisted by numerous bodies of Tebels who sprang up like wasps in various parts'of China."
"Tenghsien also had part in these troubles and fell into the hands of ters who on the monument bear the name of fufei—bandits, A Fallen Town The story as it is handed down and is still on the tongues of even the uneducated is as follows:—"The town ha ficial knowing nothing awaited him but death was advised by one of his '"ranners" to make good his escape. This underling named Wel promised to preserve the seals of office and donning the official's robes of state, and. seating himself upon the of: ficial chair, was the one in charge wer when the bandits entered.
He had given the seals to his wife who appears on the monument as Miss Kao, and she had hidden them before the rioters entered.
They both remained trust though they sacrifeed their lives, and the wife receives as much Praice gs the husband on the monuments. The memorial erected in 1642 is a cone shaped model of brick,
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