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on which he could erect a monastery. Such, according to local
tradition, was the origin of this famous shrine, which attracts
annually thousands of pilgrims from the neighbouring towns and
villages.
But the inhabitants of Si-h c
i ^ ||(£, on examining
the tower
built near the monastery of the place, perceived that it lacked its
two upper stories. They
steamed-bread basket, Mo-lung ^$ f|,
thus understood that the 2 shelves of the
observed on the shoulders of
the monk, were the 2 stories of their tower, and beneath this enor-
mous weight, it is not surprising that the bridge should yield, and
collapse
into the stream.
The Wolf-Hill Shrine in 1912.
Lang-shan $| (Jj (1).
A Buddhist pilgrimage to the Wolf Hill shrine, I.ang-shan $<
|1| , takes place annually, and attracts thousands of worshippers to
this hallowed spot. Travellers, who proceed up the Yangtze, may
see as they approach T'ung Chow jjfi ^|'|, five hills standing out in
the midst of the plain. Situated to the South-West of the city,
they form a semicircle, of which the river may
chord. In former times, they were high cliffs beaten by
be considered as the
the waves
of the sea, but from which it withdrew, leaving them standing in
the alluvial plain (2).
(1) The "Wolf Hill, Lang-shan ?§, |i| . So called because of its form,
which resembles that of a wolf sitting on its hind legs, and raising the head
aloft. An old legend gives another reason, and states it was formerly inha-
bited by a white wolf, from which the Hindu monk, Ta-sheng ^ H, delivered
the country. The New China Review, March 1919. p. 44 (Le Grand Peleri-
nage Bouddhique de Lang-chan).
^2) Lang-shan