Show the of manhood in china when one sees a lad in china with his head shaved one may be sure that however he may look he has put aside all the things of youth and become a man in fact this event is celebrated in the household with great solemnity for entrance upon manhood is a grave matter for the boys of the flowery land invitations are sent to the friends and relatives to a family gathering and each is expected to bring a present in money for choice for the hero of the hour the boy himself is dressed in fine silk robes and perfumed with spices when everyone has arrived the father makes a speech in honor of the occasion the presents are given and then a chinese priest shaves the boys head to prepare the way for the pigtail which marks j the man of the celestial ampire |