Identifier: massacresofchris00clev (find matches)
Title: Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese ..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Cleveland, Harold Irwin
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Publisher: Philadelphia, National publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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taxes imposed upon commercial trafficthe national wealth is in their possession. The priests commandand all obey. The unity of faith is absolute around each monasticcentre. To convert Tibet to Christianity or any other religion it wouldbe necessary to convert Tibetan priests and that once accomplishedwould open the entire central Asiatic world to the Western world.During the last century the Christian missionaries have failed toget a foothold in Tibet. Many have perished in the effort. Themissions they erected were burned. POLYGAMY OFTEN PREVAILS. These Tibetans live on milk, butter and barley meal. Theyeat the flesh of domestic animals. Mutton is a favorite dish withthem. They hunt with the dart, arrow and gun. Liquid blood isa favorite drink of a part of the people. A mixture fed to childrenconsists of cheese, butter and blood. Horses are fed on flesh andcurdled milk. While polyandria is practiced many wealthy Tibetans haveseveral wives. Courtesy is held in high honor. When two per-
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182 ENORMOUS GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS. sons meet they salute each other several times by showing thetongue and scratching the right ear, by exchanging white and pinkembroidered scarfs. When in mourning for the dead, the men lay aside their silkgarments, the women their jewelry. Funeral banquets are held,during which the houses are illuminated and bonfires burned onthe hill tops. One of the most wonderful cities in the world is inTibet—the city of Lassa, the Beautiful. THE RELIGIOUS METROPOLIS OF BUDDHISM. Lassa, the solitary; Lassa, the Throne of God, for 1,200years has been the most hallowed spot in east Asia. It is the re-ligious metropolis of the Buddhist world in the Chinese Empire.When the shadow of Lassa is projected by the setting sun on theazure sky above all work ceases in the city of the mountain heights.The inhabitants gather in groups on the terraces, in the streetsand public places, casting themselves prostrate on the ground andraising a muffled song of praise toward the

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