SACRIFICIAL OXEN.
TO BE OFFERED tO CONFUCIUS. By Tolciraph—Press Association—Cooyrieht Poking, February 9. Despite' protests % the heads of other religions, the- 'President, Ytmn SliihKaij has -issued a dceieo by which the ceremonial attached to the ushering in of tho winter solstice ,worship of Heaven at tlu) Altar of Heaven, iu -Peking, andHie offering of sacrificial oxen to Confucius, and similar ■cerc.i'ntniies, have ' been ordered. Tho local officials are commanded to worship Heaven, The people have hitherto bemi debarred from ikis worship iy. their homes. Althotigli another dccree guarantees -religious freedom, a -revival-of Imperial ■ceremonies is regarded ss tlto 'most re- ! actionary step yet take-ii. ,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 7
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104SACRIFICIAL OXEN. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 7
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