Chinese Life in the Tibetan Foothills

by James Hutson

CHINESE LIFE
IN THE
TIBETAN FOOTHILLS


by the
REV. JAMES HUTSON





1921
FAR EASTERN GEOGRAPHICAL ESTABLISHMENT
SHANGHAI

Table of Contents (not listed in original)

Preface
Index
Book I: Domestic
Chapter I: Births.
Chapter II: Passing Through Crises.
Chapter III: Marriages.
Chapter IV: Deaths.
Chapter V: The Domestic Altar.
Book II: Social
Chapter I: Theatricals.
Chapter II: Pastimes, Riddles, etc.
Riddles and Ditties
Cries
Chapter III: Footbinding. The Queue.
Chapter IV: Preparations for the Future Life.
Exhortation
Purchase of Property
Mortgages
Beggars
Robbers
Book III: Political
Chapter I: Secret Societies
The Confucian Society
The Mystical or Hypnotic Sect
The Reactionary School, or Han Liu
The Ssŭch‘uan Ku-lu-tzŭ
The Ko-lao-hui and the Han Liu
The Railway League
Chapter I: Punishments
I. Punishments not involving death
II. Illegal punishments
III. Death penalty
IV. Torture
Punishment of prisoners upon prisoners
Duties of a District Magistrate
Followers of the Yamen
Yamen Runners
Judicial Cases
Presenting petitions or indictments
Signs of Authority, Followers, etc.
Book IV: The Supernatural
Chapter I: Spirit Rapping
Ghosts
The "Planchette"
Necromancy
Conjuring
Divination or Sorcery, Wu Shu
Book V: Idolatry
Chapter I: Gods of Wealth
Charms
Door Gods
The Goddess of Mercy
Precinct or Local God
Idolatrous Festivals
Fire and Pestilence Fast
Fasts for rain and fine weather
Book VI: Times and Seasons
The Seasons of the Year
New Year
Midsummer Feast
Seventh Moon Feast
Midautumn Festival
The Ninth Moon Feast
Tenth Moon Feast
Book VII: Plausible Pretensions
The Liars' Mart
Itinerant Vendor
Itinerant Buddhist and Taoist Priests
The Nine Startlers
Physiognomists
Geomancy
Book VIII: Superstitious Dread
Things to be Avoided
Superstitions connected with the first day of the year
Continual fears of all classes
Hydrophobia
Eclipses and Comets
Snakes and Dragons