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Disappearance of old Shanghai

 
Disappearance of old Shanghai
 

Two characters

The character on the left door, "Happiness" is hanged upside down—"being upside down" and "arriving" has the same pronunciation in the Chinese language; hanging the character upside down signifies that "happiness has arrived". The character on the right door is "Double Happiness" and usually appears on decorative items associated with New Year celebrations and weddings. The colour of the character is usually red, occasionally black; it is never white as that is the color of death.

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