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The original religion of Japan is a mixture of 

 nature-worship with ancestor-worship, but Bud- 

 dhism has a strong hold too. Above is shown 

 the thirty-three stone Buddhas of Nikko, splotch- 

 ed over with paper prayers pasted on by pilgrims 



In China, Confucianism is the principal religion. 

 It is a moral system which refuses recognition of 

 the unknown and emphasizes the duties and joys 

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 family. At left is the God of Happiness, of Canton 



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One of the chief characteristics of the Hindu 

 taith IS the acceptance of the cow as a sacred 

 animal. Above is the Golden Bull, of 

 Benares, India, which is greatly reverenced 



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The finest Buddha" statue in the worid is at 

 Kamakura, India. It is of bronze and is 

 nearly fifty feet high. The forehead pendant 

 IS of silver and weighs nearly thirty pounds 



