166,and seeHills, Sacred, of ChinaShansi (Shan-hsi), Province of,346Shang Chuang (village),18Shanghai,14(1),142(2)Shanghai folk-lore,180(3),183(2),185(3),371(1),377(1)Shang Fên("Going up to the Tombs"),187,and seeAncestor-worshipShang Ti,392,395Shantung, Area and subdivisions of,16Shantung Promontory,14,18-25,40seq.,53,56,60,78Shantung Province, Alleged special sanctity of,430(1)Shantung T'ung Chih(official Annals and Topography of Shantung),56Shên, an ancient worthy of Wên-têng,69Shên-nung, The Emperor,39,180Shêng-chia-chuang (village),69Shêng-tzŭ (village),14,53Shetland Islands, Folk-lore of,184(1),291(1)Shih Chingquoted,206,297Shih Huang Ch'iao (Bridge of the "First Emperor"),19seq.Shinto,319(4),341Shu Ching(a Confucian classic),34-5,39,40,41Shuang-tao (village),97Shun, The Emperor,39,392Sidney, Sir Philip,314Silk industry,59,141(1),162,166Sino-Japanese war,2,56,87(1),428Skating,81Skeat'sMalay Magicquoted,175(1),298(1),379(1,5),422(1)Small-pox in Weihaiwei,193Smith, A. H.,quoted,225(2),321-2,331-2,334Snipe,165-6Sociological interest of Weihaiwei,133seq.,155seq.,195seq.Solomon, King,22Sophora Japonica,168,381,383Souls, Festivals of,191,292,369South Division of Weihaiwei,97seq.,104,114seq.,129Spectator,The, quoted,333,431Spencer, Herbert,315,316,341,431"Sphere of Influence," British,78Spiders, Folk-lore connected with,191Spiritualism, Chinese,174seq.Sport at Weihaiwei,82,165-6Spring Festivals,180seq.Spring Ox,180-2Ssŭch'uan, Chinese official Annals of,36Ssŭ-ma Ch'ien (Chinese historian),35St. George and the Dragon,387(2)St. Helena,80Straits Settlements,80Streams of Weihaiwei,18Su-mên-tao (island),42Suicides,219,221seq.Sulphur springs at Weihaiwei,29Summer at Weihaiwei,66Sun, Chinese legends relating to the,21,40seq.,60-1Sun-worship,185Sung dynasty,44,59Sung-lin-Kuo-chia (village),163Sung Ting hill,31Swettenham'sMalay Sketchesquoted,175(1)Switzerland, Holy trees in,379Sympathetic magic,176,416Ta-jên(term of respect),15,16,106-7Taku,14Ta K'un-yü hills,79Ta-lan-t'ou (village),78Ta lao-yeh(term of respect),15,106(2)Ta-sung-wei,53T'ang dynasty,44,59,398-9T'ai P'ing Huan Yü Chiquoted,21,22,43,46Tao, Meaning of,352,354-5Tao Tê Ching,351seq.,355Taoism,10-11,32,173seq.,333,351-84Taoism, Supreme God of,32,391seq.Taoist "Pope,"358Taoist priesthood,357seq.T'ao Lang-hsien,50Taxation under British rule,93-7Temperature of seasons at Weihaiwei,81-2Temples,23,26,27,60,78,79,129seq.,135,258,279,301,357seq.,391seq.,399seq.Tengu,seeT'ien KouTêng-chou,16,40,44Tennyson,411-12Tertullian,323Thackerayquoted,325(1)Theatricals,130seq.,183-4Thermal springs,29,98,400Ti, a Chinese word for God,339-41Tiao-wo hill,31Tiger, Manchurian,160Times,The, quoted,432Ting, Admiral,2Ting Pai-yün,73T'ien Hou, Queen of Heaven,336,385T'ien Kou(Heavenly Dog),174Tombs, Festivals of,186-7,255-6,and seeCh'ing-mingTorture in Chinese courts,309-10Tou Shan Ssŭ (Buddhist temple),402Trade of Weihaiwei,28,94-5,129,164seq.,426seq.Transmigration of souls,403-4Tree-worship,261-2,375,377-81Trees,17,18,167-8Truthfulness, Chinese and Confucian conceptions of,105,108-12,310-17Tsai Li Sect or Society,358Ts'ai Shên (God of Wealth),360-1Tsao Shên,seeHearth-godTs'ao-miao-tzŭ,129Tsingtao,426Tso Chuan,35Ts'un Kuei(village regulations),160seq.Tung-lai Prefecture,43,44Tutelary local deities,364-77T'u Ssŭ,47T'u Ti (local deity),155,336,371-7,382,386Tylor'sPrimitive Culturequoted,177,186,251(3),252,261,287(2),319(2),320,341(2),365(1),375,377,378,381,382,403,411,418,419,420,422,423Tyrell, George,quoted,326(1),329Uji-gami of Japan,373United States and China,440seq.Untruthfulness of Chinese, Alleged,108-12,310-17Upanishads of India,330Urn-burial, Sir Thomas Browne's,quoted,239(1),264(1)Vaeddas of Ceylon,252Vampires,298Vedas of India,330-1Vientian, Dances at,131-2Village-life and Land tenure,127seq.,155seq.Village tutelary gods,155,336,371-7Villages of Weihaiwei,79,127seq.,155seq. and passimVine-cultivation,165Vivian, Philip,quoted,304-5Wade, Sir Thomas,quoted,329Walter, Mr. R.,79Wang-chia-k'uang (village),18Wang Ch'i-jui,74-5Wang Ch'ung (Chinese philosopher)quoted,40(2),271(1),297,347(1),422Wang Hsien-wu, a Pirate,50Wang Yüeh,71War, God of,seeKuan TiWater, Lack of running,18Watters, T.,quoted,183(2)Wealth, God of,360-1Weather, Methods of forecasting,179Weeping over corpses, Superstition regarding,295seq.Wei, meaning of,12-13Wei(military district),12,13,46seq.,52-3,54,55WeiChiang-chün,70Wei To (Buddhist divinity),404Weihaiwei Convention,2,29-30,57,77-8,428;meaning of name,12-3;Order-in-Council,8,99,100;scenery of,17,18,25,395seq.Weihaiwei Chih(Chinese Annals of Weihaiwei),37,46,168,289seq.,362-3,390-1Weihaiwei City,29,47,78,129,362,367-8Weihaiwei, Future of,426seq.Weihaiwei Police,83,98,101,158seq.Weihaiwei Regiment,28,82-7Weihaiwei School,28,90Wên-ch'ang (Taoist divinity),361-2Wên-ch'üan-chai,53,54,382Wên-ch'üan-t'ang,53,54,70,98,165,400Wên-têng city and district,13,14,16,23,43,44,48,53,63,69,98,180(1),301Wên-têng, Legendary origin of name,23Wên-têng Magistrate,30,61,64Wên-têng, Marquis of,69-70Wên-têng Shan (hill),23,69Wên-têng Hsien Chih(Annals and Topography of Wên-têng),36,37,46,56,and seeAnnalsWhite-clouds, Mr.,73Widow-immolation,204seq.,219seq.,225seq.Widows,217seq.Wild-fowl at Weihaiwei,165-6Williams, Dr. Wells,316(2),331,334(2),335,336,421Willow-wreaths as rain-charms,187,346Wiltshire, Folk-lore of,281(1)Winter at Weihaiwei,81-2Witches, Chinese,21-4,174,176Wives, Purchase of,211seq.Wo-jên ("Dwarfs," a term applied to Japanese),46,48,70Wo Lung Shih (names of rocks),19Wolves,56,57,166Women, Chinese,103,112,113,150seq.,168-9,195-216,217-45Wordsworthquoted,394Wu fu(five degrees of relationship),143Wu YüehorWu Yo,seeHills, SacredWylie'sNotes on Chinese Literaturecited,313(3)Yamêns, Chinese,55YangandYin,seeYin-yangYang Ku (the Valley of Sunlight),41-2Yang-t'ing (village),129,385Yao, The Emperor,39,40,392Yao-yao hill,31Yellow and White races, Alleged antipathy between,430seq.Yin-ma-ch'ih ("Drink-horse-pool"),24Yin-yang (in ancient Chinese philosophy),262seq.,276,and seeFêng-shuiYork Powell, F.,quoted,319-20Yorkshire, Graveyard superstitions of,291,386(1)Yorkshire, Holy trees in,379Yung Lin, Suicide of,223(1)Yü, The Emperor,20,39,392Yü-chia-k'uang (village),18,398Yü I (earliest recorded inhabitants of eastern extremities of Chinese Empire),38seq.Yü P'êng-lun,70Yüan (Mongol) dynasty,44,45,59,257Yüan Shu-fang,72