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Taiwan: The Bradt Travel Guide
Sunday, March 6, 2011
As seen in many temples...
The character 囍 (pronounced
xǐ
) is often prominent in temples and also on the red paper banners glued to household doorways around the Lunar New Year. It means "joy" or "double happiness," and is thus greatly auspicious.
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