crate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1388
- Description
- Wooden tea crate. Ornate black border. Handpainted flowers and fruit surrounding orange painted label. Brown paper label featuring 2 Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Word for word translation of Chinese characters is as follows: winter; flower/ blossom/ bloom/ fireworks/ spend/ expend. This has been altered for English comprehension to "tussilago farfara". This herb is warm in nature. It helps to moistening lung, reducing phlegm and also can be a good treatment for coughing. It's mostly found in Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Shanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Qinghai. It can be found about 1,000m above the sea level that is normally around the mountains. The herb grows faster under 16-24 Celsius. If the temperature is above 36 Celsius, it will be withered.
- Measurements
- 29 cm height x 21 cm width x 21 cm length