These are al to do with signs. Signs meaning a means of communicating with the other side of the world or forseeing the future:- -Never use chopsticks to play drums on rice bowl - this was ancient way to call for spirts to come and eat, therefore will attract spirits. -Some familys leave another set of rice bowl and chopsticks on the table - coz they believe in rice spirits and therefore welcome them to join in -Never have bed facing window - coz spirits from the open world might come and drag you away -Never have bed facing door - Think thats to do with coffins facing exit, therefore bad sign -Blessing a house before moving in - Tells all the spirits that you are moving in and for them to hide or move on These are the common one,
Dun wear your gal's pants or undies or you'll end up a 'low po lou' (in cantonese) and brings bad luck to the guy...lol
i heard that if u dont eat all ur rice the person u marry is ugly and wen u sneeze someone is talking bout u >.<
Also heard it's bad luck to have a mirror facing your bed, I don't know why. But what if you move in without blessing the house? -what?
i still dont believe that mirror thing....but it's kind of weird to wake up in front of a mirror lol...but my brother has a mirror in front of bed, and no one says anything....hmmm..... how about, "gong dai wah, lut dai ngah"
lame lies were told when we're young and typically we do believe it when i was 6 my dad told me our car would fly . he would turn the air con on to the max and say we're flyin real fast lmao
The feet of the bed heading to the door is the postition for the death, i believe.. You cannot give a watch or clock as present because the pronouncations is "Sung Zung" which is the same as bringing someone to their "last restplace". Add: Do not put chopsticks in a bown of rice as it is similair to incents (for the deceased). Not whisteling when it is dark (lure ghosts)
hehehe yeah i've heard of those be4...the rice one since i was young mums been sayin that to me so i alwayz end up eatin every speck of rice leavin a nice clean bowl n yeah sneezin n coughin is wen some1 is sayin a bad thing abt u...wen ur eye twitches left is bad right is gud...oh this is one that scared me heapz wen i was lil if i accidently swallow a seed from a fruit i will grow a tree inside me...that one got me wen i was young lolz!
okay i think the first time i heard of the seed thing, was watching rugrats many years ago.....i think thats more of american not chinese
I heard one pretty recently from my Gran when I went to Hong Kong. I was staying with my cousin and the night before I left, she was nagging my cousin not to wash her hair. She didn't give a reason except that it was because I was flying the next day. Never found out why. I've heard many of the aforementioned superstitions as well, especially not leaving a single grain of rice or you'll marry a "dow pei por".
Isn't the mirror myth because of what you might see in the dark? ie figures, another face, etc? If you wake up in the middle of the night, i can see how one could potentially scare themselves, by accident...-huh
yeah... i heard of those too also if u like a candle n start peeling an apple when the click strikes midnight in front of a mirror u'll c ur future spouse... but if the string of apple peel breaks then i'm not sure whether it's something bad will happen to ur spouse or a ghost will come n get u...
No, never heard of that saying before... My parents only told me if I dont eat all the rice in my bowl, that is bad cause you will waste all those farmers' hard-work in a way... After hearing that, I decided to eat every last bits of rice and never left any unattended...
lol i hav heard a few from my parents 1. never have a bed face the mirror 2. eat all your rice or you will marry a person with heavy acne/pimples/freckles/moles/... you know what i mean... 3. never drop chopsticks 4. don't cut or wash your hair on new years 5. don't open your red envelope right away or else it's bad luck that's all i can think of right now... but yea some of these sayings are pretty funny -lol
Dont look into the mirror in the dark or something you wont wanna see might just be seen behind yourself
