Always found nearby a lamp are a pile of rice, a pair of scissors, ruler and a small mirror, representing respectively intelligence, life, severence from trouble, ability to judge good from evil and openness of heart.
筒子裡，放了半斗米、一把剪刀、一支尺、一面小鏡子，還亮著一盞小燈。米是代表人的本命；剪刀是要剪斷牽纏、煩惱；尺在人心做為衡量善惡的準則；鏡子表示心如明鏡；燈則是代表光明的意思。