THE SHUH COUNTRY 



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St I he Walls a ^ d timbers are a11 of Min « times and 

 built lor this prmce about A.D. 1368. 



The ancient writing of the "Seai" style (£*%#*£> 

 dating from the Ts'in (*> Dynasty; and supposed to be toe 

 hand writing of Li Ping. The T'ai Ts'i Si temple is situa- 

 ted near the east gate of the city and dates from the Ts'in 

 Dynasty. There is an ancient idol in the centre of the 

 reception hall, and near by it are the four characters 

 (written in the Seal style of that period) perpetually 

 guarding the sea eye (tR $1 m IB) . 



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The tablet of the Seven Kills of Chang Hsien Chong 

 (M flR Z -b %k #) is situated in the Yamen of the Ch'en tu 

 Hsitn. On the tablet the character Shah (g£) to kill, is 

 insciibed seven times and was probably written by his own 

 hand. 



This tortoise and snake tablet (& %& *$•) is credited with 

 a Han Dynasty origin, and represents the snake and tortoise- 

 fighting. This tablet is situated in the Ch'en tu prefectural 

 Yamen. 



The observatory of Chu Koh Liang (ft H ^ M M. M) is 

 also situated in the prefectural Yamen, and now used as a 

 judgment hall. There is a stone slab erected to mark the 

 spot. 



The kneeling iron idols of the Tai Miao 08 ffi ft A ffi &.) 

 are situated inside the Shansi Kiai (WtWffi). The two 

 images are in a kneeling posture facing each other. The one 

 on the right side has lost the scalp of the head. 



The white pagoda of the Huei Lan Si temple (Ilf fi 

 *£) is situated on the east side of the city, near the nine- 

 eyed bridge and is reckoned to be a very ancient pagoda, 

 but is now very delapidated. There is a "huei lau" pillar 

 (M ?P!) with a stone rhinoceros clamped to its upper end, 

 erected near the Fuh Long Kwan temple Kwan Hsien. 



The stone ox and iron lion temple (# *¥ # £ ft $&), is 

 situated near the south gate of the city. The iron lions 

 belong to the Han Dynasty and were originally used to quell 

 the floods. 



