FAMILY GROUP OF grave; MOUNDS IN CHIHLI, BETWEEN TAKU AND TIENTSIN 

 The largest or father grave is in the rear, those of his two sons standing next 



GRAVE MOUNDS RECENTLY RESTORED AND BEARING THE STREAMER STANDARDS IN 



TOKEN OE MEMORIAL SERVICES 



GROUP OE GRASS-GROWN GRAVE MOUNDS CARRYING THE STREAMER STANDARDS AND 

 SHOWING THE EXTENSIVE OCCUPATION OE LAND 



_ It is the custom in some parts of China, if not in all, to periodically restore the mounds, 

 maintaining their height and size, and to decorate these once in the year with flying streamers 

 of colored paper, set there as tokens that the paper money has been burned upon them and 

 its essence sent up in the smoke for the maintenance of the spirits of their departed friends. 

 We have our memorial day ; they have for centuries observed theirs with religious fidelity. 

 The usual expense of a burial among the working people is said to be $ico, Mexican, an 

 enormous burden when the day's wage or the vearlv earning of the familv is considered. 



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