Last night, as was walking through the streets about o'clock, upon turning a corner I seemed to come' upon a veritable Christmas tree. The Chinese, had selected willow tree about eight feet high, had hung sticks of incense in every available space from top to bottom and then had lighted each stick. Not satisfied with the effect of this, which was really ver beautiful, they were hanging lanterns on it as I passed by. This was, I suppose, the winding up of the festival for the dead which had been going on for a fortnight or more,
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