On the evening of the twenty-fourth those who have not participated in the ceremonies of the previous day, make a vegetable offering in a similar manner.
A Chinese kitchen boat.
Many of the wealthier classes make both offerings on the twenty-third. The poorest use only incense and candles.
The numerous sailing vessels on the rivers and lakes are as well fitted to supply the wants of the traveler as the hotels on shore.
The houseboats and some of the passenger boats rely for their meals on the kitchen boats, which are really admirably managed.
The fishing boats make use of a very primitive heating apparatus—a large boiler in an earthenware furnace set in a part of the deck, serving as the general cook book.
A great many pages might be covered by treating on the curious festivities which celebrate so many occasions, but they have been so often described in other works that a description of them here would perhaps savor too much of needless repetition.