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T cbong leou , the Tower of the Bell ; in which is a 
very large bell 
179 was formerly the palace of the fourth fon of 
the emperor Kang hi after the death of Kang hi. 
This prince reigned under the name of Tong tching. 
His fon the prelent emperor caufed this palace to be 
demolished, and to be rebuilt with an extraordinary 
magnificence. In the hall is the tablet of Tong 
tching ; and there are in this palace grand apartments 
for the emperor, when he goes thither to honour the 
memory of his father. The emperor has eredted 
here a temple of idols for the lama of Thibet ; and 
there are apartments for above three hundred lama s. 
Thefe have Chinefe and Tartar difciples to the num- 
ber of two hundred. Here are taught, in the Thi- 
betan language, called here Tan gout , the fciences, 
arts, mathematics, phyfic, fpirituality, and the pagan 
religion. In this beautiful inclofure there are ftatu- 
aries and painters. This building is not at all infe- 
rior in beauty and magnificence to thofe of the palace 
of Peking, or to thofe, which the prefent emperor is 
coing on to eredt in his pleafure-houfes. 
° 180 Koue he kien is the imperial college. The 
great hall, where Confucius is honoured, is a very 
beautiful one. There are likewife halls for honouring 
the difciples of this philofopher and feveral eminent 
Chinefe learned men, who have followed his doc- 
trine with fuccefs. The emperor goes thither fome- 
times to perform the ceremony to Confucius as ma- 
iler and inftrudtor to the empire. The avenues. 
% Tong to, emperor of the laft dynafty Ming , built thefe two 
towers. 
courts, 
