Western civilization

Nails had been driven into the boards in every spot where a nail could possibly be inserted, and on these were hung the various articles of this curious museum. Exactly opposite the door there had been originally cut in the hallan an opening […]

Ku Ts'ai, who was a friend of the famous dramatist K'ung Shang-jen (1648-1718),³ happened to be visiting Ho-feng in western Hupeh in 1703 and describes how the people there celebrated the feastday of Kuan-kung in one part of the city.

Whoa! Did somebody step on a duck?