国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
| |||||||||
|
Peking to Lhasa : vol.1 | |
北京からラサへ : vol.1 |
HAN-CHUNG TO CHENGTU 43
great brigand centre, but there had been some
severe fights with the brigands and Pereira was
not molested. And he now descended on to the
Chengtu plain.
This state of things so close to Chengtu showed
what a state of chaos China had fallen into.
Another sign was the prevalence of gambling. In
Shensi and Szechwan the inns were filled with
gamblers, soldiers and civilians, who play a game
like dominoes most of the day and night, and
with their shouting and noise making sleep very
difficult.
The Chengtu plain is about 90 miles in
length and about 40 miles wide at its widest.
Its area is 2400 square miles and its population
1,920,000. It is from 1600 feet to 1800 feet above
sea - level. It begins about 30 miles east of
Chengtu and is one of the most fertile parts of
China. It is watered by a wonderful system of
canals, mostly crossed by solid stone bridges. The
people seemed much quieter and less offensive
than the people of Shensi. And the soldier had
none of that tendency to be offensive to the
foreigner which Pereira had noticed in Shensi.
On his arrival at Chengtu, Mr. Hewlett, the
Consul-General, came out to meet him and warned
him that the Chinese officials had prepared an
official welcome for him in the northern suburb.
So at the end of the long trek from Peking, whilst
he was still muddy and dirty, he had to go through
the ordeal of getting out of his chair and being
received by a Chinese General and a representative
of the local Foreign Office, whilst the band played
the Chinese National Anthem, after which he was
|
Copyright (C) 2003-2019
National Institute of Informatics(国立情報学研究所)
and
The Toyo Bunko(東洋文庫). All Rights Reserved.
本ウェブサイトに掲載するデジタル文化資源の無断転載は固くお断りいたします。