The Costume of China / Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese
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Excerpt from The Costume of Illustrated in Forty-Eight EngravingsThis officer (a colleague of Chow-ta-zhin, who was a mandarine of the civil department) was appointed by the Emperor to attend the British Embassy, from the time of its arrival in the gulf of Pe-tchi-li, till its departure from Canton. Van-ta-zhin was a man of a bold, generous, and amiable character, and possessed of qualifications emiuently suited to his profession being well skilled in the use of the bow, and in the management of the sabre. For services performed in the wars ofthibet, he wore appended from his cap, a peacock's ...
Chapters (52)
- PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DRESS AND MANNERS OF THE CHINESE.
- LIST OF THE PLATES.
- PLATE I. FRONTISPIECE.
- Plate II. KIEN LUNG.
- Plate III. THE FISHING CORMORANTS.
- Plate IV. A MAN SERVANT.
- Plate V. A MANDARIN IN HIS COURT DRESS.
- Plate VI. AN OFFERING IN THE TEMPLE.
- Plate VII. A JUGGLER, PERFORMING TRICKS WITH JARS.
- Plate VIII. CHILDREN COLLECTING MANURE.
- Plate IX. A WATCHMAN.
- Plate X. A LADY, AND HER SON.
- Plate XI. A BONZE.
- Plate XII. A VENDER OF LANTERNS.
- Plate XIII. A SOLDIER WITH HIS MATCHLOCK.
- Plate XIV. A PORTER CARRYING GOODS.
- Plate XV. A MANDARIN IN HIS COMMON DRESS.
- Plate XVI. A BOAT GIRL.
- Plate XVII. A COMMON SEDAN CHAIR.
- Plate XVIII. A MANDARIN’S SERVANT ON HORSEBACK.
- Plate XIX. AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN.
- Plate XX. AN OFFICER OF THE CORPS OF BOWMEN.
- Plate XXI. A CHINESE MENDICANT.
- Plate XXII. CHINESE BARBERS CHAMPOOING, &c.
- Plate XXIII. A BOOKSELLER.
- Plate XXIV. A SOLDIER OF INFANTRY.
- Plate XXV. A RAREE SHOW.
- Plate XXVI. A MANDARIN’S PAGE.
- Plate XXVII. A TRAVELLING SMITH.
- Plate XXVIII. VISIT TO THE GRAVE OF A RELATION.
- Plate XXIX. A SELLER OF RICE.
- Plate XXX. A FEMALE COMEDIAN.
- Plate XXXI. A SEDAN BEARER.
- Plate XXXII. A MAN SELLING BETEL, &c.
- Plate XXXIII. A CHINESE CARRIAGE.
- Plate XXXIV. A MAN WITH PIPES FOR SALE.
- Plate XXXV. A WATERMAN IN HIS BARGE.
- Plate XXXVI. A TRADESMAN WITH HIS SWAN-PAN.
- Plate XXXVII. FEMALE PEASANT.
- Plate XXXVIII. A TARTAR DRAGOON.
- Plate XXXIX. PUNISHMENT OF THE TCHA, OR CANGUE.
- Plate XL. CHILDREN EATING THEIR MEAL.
- Plate XLI. A SEDAN CHAIR.
- Plate XLII. VIEW ON THE GREAT CANAL.
- Plate XLIII. A CHINESE LADY OF RANK.
- Plate XLIV. A NURSERY MAID AND TWO CHILDREN.
- Plate XLV. A STAGE PLAYER.
- Plate XLVI. TRACKERS REGALING.
- Plate XLVII. A MANDARIN’S OFFICER.
- Plate XLVIII. PUNISHMENT FOR INSOLENCE TO A SUPERIOR.
- Plate XLIX. WOMAN SELLING CHOW-CHOW.
- Plate L. A MILITARY POST.
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