Continuing thence, we passed they through the village of Shul-dut "which Is also called Village, because it is por of Tengyueh. If he has anything to do with Its organization ig Indeed a monument to his oft proved ability, for Village, and one of the most attrac: m pat "well paved and well shaded. tive T have ever seen in China, The
The houses are substantial neatly Wed, There is a Luke at the Bottom filled with goldfish and em-hellished with all sorts of steps, Bridges and terraces all made of well dressed stone: and over against it, with a background of trees, is a beautiful temple. In many places there are other temples and fine monumental gates or arches, over the road,' one of which is the memorial to the Clu-ban's mother. T Was told that these arches across. the roads are often set up to, the Hory of virtuous widows who have Rot married a second time. "The Village of Shui-dui Is definitely one fof, the show places of Tengyueh.
We were. descending now from the plain of Tengyueh to a lower one." On reaching it we passed through the town of Ho-shun-hsiang. One can hardly call ita village because T should not be surprised to hear that it has a bigger population than Tengyuch itself, though its houses are closely packed and cover a smaller area, Still, it is a big place, and the graveyards on the grassy downs above are extensive. The streets, though narrow, are full of, architectural" curiosities in the way of arches, gates, steps, terraces. ornamental doors and paved market places, Fat round children play About, old grandmothers ask in the warm sunshine, and the most im~ mense pigs sleep porkily in the fritters." The town Ig a monument fo generations of industrious people, Dut the tragedy is that in China one eneratlon never dreams of repairing the work of Its predecessors, so that every habitation has the appearance a living ruin,
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