Two sheets of Chinese red scrolls are stuck on every door. The characters on the scrolls are written with a particular intent, The commonest is as "Morality brings happiness; politeness brings oppor-resident: tunity" this being for the private
be our busines be our richness, The sentences are rhymed and each one must have an equal number of characters and accents.
Of course, the scrolls of some big families or shops are written by expert character writers in beautifal and graceful forms. Most, however, are written by the fortune tellers, and sold at @ cheap pri New Year's Respects
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.