“Now hangs the bell in Ta Chung Sz, and when it is rung to call its song to the world:
“‘Ko-gnai, Ko-gnai, Ko-gnai,’ it calls, and thus renders thanks to Tcho-Kow for her gift.”
The Dream of Hoa-Tchao
“Kiang-Kow-Jin, who dwelled in the body of a stork in the Pearl River, was the God of Children. He ruled for a million years and was beloved by all the race of River Men. He ruled well and happily and knew no worry. Came a year, then, when the Children of the River grew few and Kiang-Kow-Jin grieved. So to him he called Chung Li, the girl child, and said to her:
“‘I grieve because your companions are few. What then, Daughter of Wisdom, am I to do?’
“Chung Li knew all things.
“‘Go to Ta Chung Sz, The Temple of the Bell, and pray,’ she said, ‘that many flowers shall grow.’
“To Ta Chung Sz went Kiang-Kow-Jin and prayed, and when he came out of the Temple all the fields were glad with myriad wondrous colored flowers.
“‘It is Hoa-Tchao, the Birthday of A Hundred Flowers,’ he said. Then he sought his home and slept.
“When he had slept and awakened he came again to the fields. There played Chung Li with many new children. And so Kiang-Kow-Jin learned that children are flowers.”