Superstitions |
Superstitions |
Nov 3 2004, 05:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 5,585 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 38,082 |
Does anyone know any Asian Superstitions? (Sorry)
It has to be asian because I have to do an interview, but I'm chinese...And the whole project idea is how did Halloween change over the years? But yeah, Iono any grandparents living in my neighborhood except for my own, but they didn't have Halloween..So superstitions are my next choice.. For Example: After people pass away, we have to burn money or something to pay respects...and then something about spirits and ghost ...*shrugs* Does anyone know any? Project Due: 11/8 |
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Nov 3 2004, 05:57 PM
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Wat up mah asian nigga?! Group: Member Posts: 140 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 59,129 |
um im not sure if dis one is asian.... but i heard one about leaving ur hat on teh bed or sumthing...
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Nov 3 2004, 06:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 5,585 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 38,082 |
What does leaving a hat on the bed do?
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Nov 3 2004, 06:23 PM
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:hammer: Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,849 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,700 |
Uhhhmm I know a myth. Where like if you don't eat ALL the rice in your bowl (yes even the little specks of leftover rice) then you'll get pimples. The bowl would be your head, and the leftover rice are the little pimples on your face.
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Nov 3 2004, 06:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 3,957 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 51,665 |
um.. the word "happiness" in chinese, if u put it up upside down then it means happiness is here...
and when ur sneezin means someone s talkin bout u? |
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Nov 3 2004, 06:33 PM
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hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
eh, there's this thing where you're not supposed to stick something straight up in your food. like, don't stick a spoon or fork or chopstick straight up in your food.
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Nov 3 2004, 07:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 5,585 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 38,082 |
Thanks guys, but I need something that refers to Halloween..like ghosts and stuff..
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Nov 3 2004, 07:46 PM
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can't believe I let people call me Lynne on here 5 yrs ago o Group: Member Posts: 243 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 54,591 |
oh...sry dont really hav ne that i can think of right now..
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Nov 4 2004, 05:13 AM
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muted imperfections <3 Group: Official Member Posts: 3,295 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,260 |
i'm not sure if these superstitions are "asian superstitions" but i grew up w/ my parents telling me things i shouldn't do.
- don't whistle at night - don't point at cemetaries or graveyards... - its bad luck if you stick ur chopstick/fork upright in ur food. (does that make sense? =P) - umm...my sisters and i can't take picture with just us three, or for that matter we dont take picture of just three members of my family. something like say my sisters took a picture with just us three..well something bad will happen to the one in the middle. so you'll never see a picture of just me and my two sisters.. that's about all i cant think of right now.. =P jackie |
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Nov 4 2004, 06:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,245 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 17,033 |
boo, you must eat all the rice. no slacking eat it all, take what you can eat
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Nov 4 2004, 07:25 AM
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because i'm worth it Group: Member Posts: 990 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 24,643 |
i was gnna tell you that you shud take the tooth that has fallen off and thrown it over the roof of yur house if it`s growing upwards..and vice versa
buh since it has to be halloween.. you have to burn incenses or money..to send them off before the ghost door is closed..so they can go shopping.. |
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Nov 4 2004, 08:02 AM
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say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
Halloween is supposed to be a Western culture... Asians usually don't celebrate Halloween -_-;;
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Nov 4 2004, 05:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 5,585 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 38,082 |
QUOTE(niez_cho @ Nov 4 2004, 8:02 AM) Halloween is supposed to be a Western culture... Asians usually don't celebrate Halloween -_-;; No, they don't, but they have something similiar to Halloween. Thank you "f00LisH_h3aRt63". :D I'm going to combine yours together with the others that people put. The teacher won't know. lol |
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Nov 4 2004, 08:31 PM
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Newbie Group: Member Posts: 9 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,955 |
every rice u leave in the bowl uneaten throw away becomes a maggot that you have to eat in hell kinda late tho halloween already over lolzz
juz do the grudge----lolzzz wheneva someone dies in a grip of a terrible rage =P a curse is bornn ^.^ thats asian superstition |
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Nov 4 2004, 09:34 PM
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I do it so good, I don't need nobody else! Group: Member Posts: 644 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 39,752 |
mm when you buy a new house, it has to face a certain way like north or south..
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Nov 4 2004, 09:43 PM
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<3<3<3<3 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,177 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,779 |
if your ear itches someone is talking about you?
or is it with sneezing? i think its both though. um.. i forgottt. |
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Nov 4 2004, 10:08 PM
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lick me Group: Member Posts: 3,044 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 44,013 |
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Nov 5 2004, 12:37 AM
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uh i dont if this applies to everyone, but i'm half chinese and when someone dies your only allowed to wear white on your head during that day of the funeral otherwise the person who died wont like you in the afterlife (??) i dunno.
i'm also half viet (catholic) so i'm not allowed to be superstitious. at my church though, when someone dies we wear a white patch (clip on) on our shirts for 100 days and we pray every night for 100 days so that the person who died would be happy in heaven. yeah kinda weird |
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Nov 5 2004, 12:49 AM
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hi, my name is brianna! =] Group: Official Member Posts: 5,764 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 22,114 |
Erm, I know that they believe like for every grain of rice you throw away or waste, is every maggot you'll have to eat when you die.
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Nov 5 2004, 01:31 AM
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gigi =p Group: Member Posts: 3,679 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,206 |
QUOTE(somechinkgirl @ Nov 3 2004, 4:30 PM) Thanks guys, but I need something that refers to Halloween..like ghosts and stuff.. Ohh... well in that case. I know a couple of Chinese death/creepy/supernatural superstitions. In the Lunar Year 7th month 14th day, it's the day when the ghosts come out from the underworld and roam earth. You could probably find some more information about this on the web, since it's a pretty well-known date. People burn offerings to their ancestors so they don't bother/"haunt" them on that day. And pink_tootsie, that's called Feng Shui. And there are some reincarnation superstitions too. Ugh. It's too bad these Chinese superstitions have way too much to do with dates and times and specific numbers. I can't remember how long it takes for someone to cross the bridge to reincarnate. Or like how many days you're supposed to mourn, and how to mourn for a deceased loved one. |
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Nov 5 2004, 09:08 AM
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jn Group: Member Posts: 713 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 49,769 |
ahhaa i'm clueless on these kinda stuff.
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Nov 5 2004, 10:29 AM
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Pimp Status Group: Member Posts: 640 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,200 |
Uhmmm at my house (im filipino) its said that you should always have spagetthi(sp) or a dish with noddles in it, during someones birthday... This is so because the length of the noodle represents life, and if you hve "long noodles" its said that you will live for a long time.
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Nov 5 2004, 06:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 5,585 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 38,082 |
Thanks barelyy_coherent. You helped me out the most. I'm agnostic/atheist and all, so I don't really have a religion...Basically, I have no knowledge in this burning money bringing them food thing, so thanks a whole bunch!
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Nov 5 2004, 08:52 PM
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dayam i know soo many...
dont place your bead infront of a door cos at night the devil will drag you out of bed... dont have a mirror at the end of your bed cos it doubles your bad luck... dont clean you house for a week after chinese new year(ull clean away your good luck)... never have your front door level with the road cos all the bad luck will come to your house... never have a straight running flow from the front door to the back door cos your good luck will run out of your house never go to sleep with your hair wet ull get headaches when you are older... never have a purple door... youll invite ghosts into your house... i follow all these... there are more but i cant think of any yet... |
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Nov 5 2004, 09:19 PM
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i'm 11,386. back off BITCHES!! Group: Member Posts: 1,596 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 11,386 |
don't shake your knee or you'll bring bad luck to your household.
that's all i know. |
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