ceramic prayer-orange at a place called ebay.
buddah's hands should not be smelled by someone who is drunk, or they will spoil.*
quince should not be allowed to sweat; if they do, they should be washed with water. only hsiang yuan does not need special treatment.
there are also ways of arranging buddah's hands and quinces as decorations, but i cannot write out the details of these.
shen fu, six records of a floating life; english by leonard pratt and chiang su-hui.
*the drunk or the fruit?
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