Excerpt from The Link: January 1953Every home and shop is deco rated with pine trees and bamboo - the pines denoting longevity, the bamboo constancy and virtue. Entrance decorations range from simple Sprays of pine and bamboo tied with spangles Of rice ropes, to elaborate displays similar to large Christmas trees.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.