An Historical, Geographical, and Philosophical View of the Chinese Empire: Comprehending a Description of the Fifteen Provinces of China, Chinese Tartary, Tributary States; Natural History of China; Government, Religion, Laws, Manners and Customs, Literature, Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, &cJ. Ridgeway, 1795 - 549 Seiten |
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Seite 275 - When carried over fteep rocks, where no horfe can pafs, it is about fifteen or twenty feet high, and broad in proportion; but, when running through a valley, or...
Seite 385 - ... with bread and fruit, and three fmall cups of wine, fpirits, and vinegar, are, after a threefold obeifance from the people of the houfe to the idol, carried to the front of their dwelling : there they kneel and pray, with great fervour, for feveral minutes ; and after frequently beating their heads on the ground, they rife, and throw the contents of the three cups to the right and left of them. They then take a bundle of fmall pieces of gilt paper, which they fet on fire, and hold over...
Seite 13 - Having loft a vaft number of men, and being himfelf wounded by an arrow, he was obliged to raife the fiege and retire into Tartary ; after which the Kin retook feveral cities. The next year, however, Jenghiz-khan reentered China, retook the cities which the Kin had reduced the year before, and overthrew their armies in two bloody battles, in one of which the ground was ftrewed with dead bodies for upwards of four leagues. The...
Seite 399 - ... it. The counterfeit hams of China *— have been often mentioned. They are made of a piece of wood cut in the form of a ham, and coated over with a certain kind of earth which is covered with hog's skin. The whole is so curiously painted and prepared, that a knife is necessary to detect the fraud.
Seite 299 - Chinefe merchandife was procured by fome Ruffian merchants from the Kalmuck Tartars. The rapid and profitable fale of thefe commodities encouraged certain Siberian wayvodes to attempt a dircñ and open communication with China.
Seite 206 - Chinefe have conftructed a double glacis of large ftones, or rather, two inclined planes, which unite in an acute angle at their upper extremity, and extend on each fide to the furface of the water. If the bark is in the lower canal, they...
Seite 302 - ... in 1762; and the centre of commerce betwixt the two nations is now at Kiatka. Here the trade is entirely carried on by barter. The Ruffians are prohibited from exporting their own coin ; finding it more advantageous to take goods in exchange than to receive bullion at the Chinefe ftandard.
Seite 216 - It is called hoa becaufe it is glutinous, and has a great refemblance to foap. Porcelain made with hoa-che is very rare, and much dearer than any other. It has an exceeding fine grain, and, with regard to the painting, if it be compared with that of the common porcelain, it appears ta fin-pals it aa much as vellum does paper.
Seite 74 - Emouy is particularly celebrated on account of the magnificence of its principal pagod, confecrated to the deity Fo. This temple is fituated in a plain, terminated on one fide by the fea, and on the other by a lofty mountain. Before it the fea, flowing through different channels, forms a large fheet of water,.
Seite 428 - This is formed by cutting off the neck of a gourd, and reierving only the lower part. To this a cover is fitted, having as many holes as are equal to the number of founds required. In each of thefe holes a pipe made of bamboo is fixed, and fhorter or longer according to the tone intended.