They used a stand-in to set up the lighting so that the actor did not have to be there during the lengthy process.

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The dominance of herbalists in the new, overseas Chinese health care system was a reflection of two perhaps fortuitous circumstances (besides, of course, the lucrative nature of the new Golden Mountain environment itself, which was bound to draw the interest of the commercial herbal practitioners of south China). The first was the predominance of herbal medicine as an extremely well-established and highly successful tradition in the geographical areas from which most Chinese migrants came, namely the Canton Delta. A second was the unique role played in early Chinese migration to the United States, and particularly to Canada, by merchants and other entrepreneurs and community leaders from the strategically placed Hsiung-shan (later Chung-shan) County.

More discreetly set on the sideboy were bottles of vodka and whiskey and a box of Cuban cigars.