Some Chinese Ghosts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781518792748)

The water-clock marks the hour in the Ta-chung sz', -in the Tower of the Great Bell: now the mallet is lifted to smite the lips of the metal monster, -the vast lips inscribed with Buddhist texts from the sacred Fa-hwa-King, from the chapters of the holy Ling-yen-King Hear the great bell responding -how mighty her voice, though tongueless -KO-NGAI All the little dragons on the high-tilted eaves of the green roofs shiver to the tips of their gilded tails under that deep wave of sound; all the porcelain gargoyles tremble on their carven perches; all the hundred little bells of the pagodas quiver with desire to speak. KO-NGAI -all the green-and-gold tiles of the temple are vibrating; the wooden goldfish above them are writhing against the sky; the uplifted finger of Fo shakes high over the heads of the worshippers through the blue fog of incense KO-NGAI -What a thunder tone was tha

Author: Lafcadio Hearn
ISBN-10: 151879274X
ISBN-13: 9781518792748
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2015
Pages: 62
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d