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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
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  ancestors 
  when 
  these 
  were 
  to 
  receive 
  worship. 
  Musical 
  instruments 
  

   were 
  drums 
  and 
  bronze 
  bells 
  (see 
  fig. 
  9); 
  flutes, 
  single 
  and 
  double; 
  

   whistles; 
  and 
  sets 
  of 
  musical 
  stones. 
  Simple 
  stringed 
  instruments 
  

   seem 
  also 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  (Creel, 
  1936, 
  pp. 
  330 
  et 
  seq.). 
  

  

  N 
  

  

  W 
  

  

  S 
  

  

  E 
  

  

  Scale: 
  2000 
  Feet 
  

  

  Figure 
  18. 
  — 
  Hypothetical 
  reconstruction 
  of 
  grave 
  mound 
  of 
  Ch'in 
  Shin 
  Huang 
  Ti. 
  

  

  (See 
  pi. 
  1.) 
  

  

  Disposal 
  of 
  the 
  dead. 
  — 
  As 
  we 
  have 
  already 
  seen, 
  disposal 
  of 
  the 
  

   dead 
  naturally 
  played 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  importance 
  among 
  an 
  ancestor- 
  

   worshiping 
  people 
  like 
  the 
  ancient 
  Chinese 
  nobles, 
  during 
  all 
  periods. 
  

  

  During 
  Chou 
  times 
  burial, 
  not 
  cremation, 
  was 
  the 
  general 
  rule. 
  

   There 
  were, 
  however, 
  exceptions. 
  A 
  few 
  indications 
  exist 
  of 
  a 
  rite 
  

   of 
  cremation, 
  sometimes 
  accompanied 
  by 
  chariot 
  burial. 
  Mention 
  is 
  

   made 
  of 
  a 
  group 
  in 
  the 
  northwest 
  (perhaps, 
  however, 
  non-Chinese) 
  

  

  