Some of the signs, your guide will tell you, are not the real names of the men who do business, that they are only mottoes.

Wung Wo Shang indicates to you that perpetual concord begets wealth, Hip Wo speaks to you of brotherly love and harmony, Tin Yuk means a jewel from Heaven, Wa Yun is the fountain of flowers, while Man Li suggests thousands of profits.

Other of the signs relate to the muse.

They do not at all reveal the business carried on within.

The butcher, for example, has over his shop such elegant phrases as Great Concord, Constant Faith, Abounding Virtue.