Sedan chairs used to be a common way of transport in ancient China. There were sedan chairs for flat lands and sedan chairs to go up mountains, sedan chairs made of bamboo or wood and sedan chairs for civilians, officials and weddings called mín jiào 民轿, guān jiào 官轿and hūn jiào 婚轿. In a little town near Simpang Empat, Penang, I chanced upon this cute picture on a wall. Now, is this mín jiào 民轿, guān jiào 官轿 or hūn jiào 婚轿? No prize for guessing!
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