chinese superstitions

[MuNxMuN]

When having a baby
*If you're pregnant, use of glue will cause a difficult birth.
*If you strike an animal during pregnancy, the newborn child will look like that animal and behave like one.
*You should never praise a newborn baby because it will invite evil spirits and ghosts.
*A concave navel means a prosperous life.
*A baby with wide and thick ears will live prosperously.

Before you get married
*Never marry someone who is older or younger by 3 or 6 years.

Good Feng Shui
*The number of steps in a staircase should be even-numbered.
*It is bad luck to have two room doors face each other.
*It is bad luck if your door or gate directly faces a road.
*Don't build your house facing the north.
*The master's bedroom should not be situated right above the garage.
*The dining area should not be under a second-floor toilet.

Going to funerals
*Mirrors must be hidden; a person who sees the reflection of the coffin will have a death in his/her family.
*The deceased's children and grandchildren should not cut their hair for 49 days.
*The deceased's children should not go to someone else's house for 100 days
*After leaving a wake, do not go straight home lest the ghost of the dead follows you.

Lucky and unlucky numbers
*The luckiest number is eight because its Chinese word also means "prosper".
*The unluckiest number is four as it sounds like the Chinese word for death.
*Seven can also signify death.
*The number one means loneliness.
*The number "9" is good, because nine in Cantonese sounds like the word "sufficient".

About time
*Clipping toenails or fingernails at night is bad luck; the person will be visited by a ghost.
*If a dog howls continuously at night, this means death.
*Hearing a crow cawing between 3 and 7 am means the hearer will receive gifts; hearing a crow caw between 7 and 11am means rain and wind; and between 11am and 1pm means quarrels.
*If a man's ears burn between 11pm and 1pm, there will be harmony between him and his wife; if they burn between 1 and 3 in the afternoon, a guest will soon arrive.

Things you should never do
*Beating a person with a broom will rain bad luck upon that person for years.
*Wearing a moustache is considered bad luck.
*Never point at the moon or your ears might get chopped off.
*Don't sweep the floor on New Year's Day lest you sweep away the good fortune.
*Don't keep a pet turtle or it will slow down your business.
*Don't sleep with wet hair it will cause a headache
*Don't pluck your eyebrows in front of a mirror it will cause bad luck
*Don't strike your parents or you will be hit by thunder

[MuNxMuN]

i'm chinese and i don't believe in any of that stuff i think it's all bs

[j_shady]

these are pretty cool, i wouldnt consider them as jokes though

*Mirrors must be hidden; a person who sees the reflection of the coffin will have a death in his/her family.

i'm Filipino but my auntie believes this..well most of the people on my mom's side

[ShadyRox]

^^ True, I heard that b4.

*Don't sleep with wet hair it will cause a headache

I've done that, never happened, but you sure get an itchy head.

[yoshi]

Good Feng Shui
*The number of steps in a staircase should be even-numbered.
*It is bad luck to have two room doors face each other.
*It is bad luck if your door or gate directly faces a road.
*Don't build your house facing the north.
*The master's bedroom should not be situated right above the garage.
*The dining area should not be under a second-floor toilet.

my dad believes in Feng Shui lmaof, we've got some Feng Shui bells, little cristal ball hanging somewhere and he likes to change configuration of furniture because of wrong bioelectricities i don't know if it's true, but sometimes it's annoying..

[DJ Anarkist]

sum of that sounds like bullshit

[Hunneh_Buns]

My parents believe in some of that crap.

[SPEEDY]

That kinda strange. I hope ppl dont live their lives according to that stuff.

[yoshi]

^ actually they do..