[Illustration: PLATE 6. INCENSE BURNER WITH SWASTIKA DECORATION. South Tang Dynasty. From a drawing by Mr. Li, presented to the U. S National Museum Mr. Yang Yü, Chinese Minister, Washington, D. C.] [Illustration: PLATE 7. HOUSE OF WU TSUNG-CHIH OF SIN SHUI, WITH SWASTIKA IN RAILING. From a drawing by Mr. Li, presented to the U. S. National Museum by Mr. Yang Yü, Chinese Minister, Washington, D. C.] [Illustration: PLATE 8. MOUNTAIN OR WILD DATE.--FRUIT RESEMBLING THE SWASTIKA. From a drawing by Mr. Li, presented to the U. S. National Museum by Mr. Yang Yü, Chinese Minister, Washington, D. C.] [Illustration: Fig. 31. POTTER'S MARK ON PORCELAIN. China. Tablet of honor, with Swastika. Prime, "Pottery and Porcelain," p. 254.] The Swastika is one of the symbolic marks of the Chinese porcelain. Prime[110] shows what he calls a "tablet of honor," which represents a Swastika inclosed in a lozenge with loops at the corners (fig. 31). This mark on a piece of porcelain signifies that it is an imperial gift. Major-General Gordon, controller of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, England, writes to Dr. Schliemann:[111] "The Swastika is Chinese. On the breech chasing of a large gun lying outside my office, captured in the Taku fort, you will find this same sign." But Dumoutier[112] says this sign is nothing else than the ancient Chinese character _c h e_, which, according to D'Alviella,[113] carries the idea of perfection or excellence, and signifies the renewal and perpetuity of life. And again,[111] "Dr. Lockyer, formerly medical missionary to China, says the sign [Z] is thoroughly Chinese." The Swastika is found on Chinese musical instruments. The U. S. National Museum possesses a Hu-Ch'in, a violin with four strings, the body of which is a section of bamboo about 3-1/2 inches in diameter. The septum of the joint has been cut away so as to leave a Swastika of normal form, the four arms of which are connected with the outer walls of the bamboo. Another, a Ti-Ch'in, a two-stringed violin, with a body of cocoanut, has a carving which is believed to have been a Swastika; but the central part has been broken out, so that the actual form is undetermined. Prof. George Frederick Wright, in an article entitled "Swastika,"[114] quotes Rev. F. H. Chalfont, missionary at Chanting, China, as saying: "Same symbol in Chinese characters 'ouan,' or 'wan,' and is a favorite ornament with the Chinese." TIBET. Mr. William Woodville Rockhill,[115] speaking of the fair at Kumbum, says: I found there a number of Lh'asa Tibetans (they call them Gopa here) selling pulo, beads of various colors, saffron, medicines, peacock feathers, incense sticks, etc. I had a talk with these traders, several of whom I had met here before in 1889. * * * One of them had a Swastika (yung-drung) tattooed on his hand, and I learned from this man that this is not an uncommon mode of ornamentation in his country.