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| “Our youthful soldier in Shaanxi. This twelve-year-old
lad wished to go with the foreigners. He was outfitted with
appropriate coat (labeled ‘soldier’) and came as one
of our ‘protectors.’ The ruins are said to be a temple
destroyed during the Moslem Rebellion (referring presumably
to the uprisings that scarred northwest China in the 1870s).
The table holds an idol. Also an offering by a priest. Passers-by
are invited to contribute money.” |
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