1.   Red paper lanterns hung from the lampposts and bright silk banners bearing images of mythical birds of good fortune flapped in the breeze on a mild smoggy night.

2.   Red paper lanterns hung from the lampposts, and bright silk banners bearing images of mythical birds of good fortune flapped in the breeze on a mild smoggy night.

3.   In Vietnam, the mythical bird is a symbol of peace and prosperity while in the West it means rebirth.

4.   One signature depicts a sick man on a bed with physicians preparing herbal medicine while a mythical bird -- the enzu -- hovers overhead.