Some taboos
I just want to share some information about some taboos which most elder people here believe in. There is not any evidence to prove that those taboos are true or worth to follow.
1. If something bad happens on the first day of the lunar month, you will meet a lot of bad things in all days of that month. For example, if you lost some money on the first day of the month, you will lost more through the month. Or if it is rain on the first day, then it will rain all days of the month.
2. You will get bad luck if you step out side with your left leg or you meet a lady
3. If a dog comes to your house, you will get good luck. However, if it is a chicken, you will get bad luck.
4. If you look yourself in a mirror at night, something bad may happen.For instance, you may see a ghost.
5. If you go to somewhere near grave yard at noon ( around 12:00 ), you will easy to see a ghost
6. Around 100 days after some one's death, her/his spirit has not really gone and turns into a firefly, a butterfly or a snake getting into his/her house.
And so on.
Young people usually don't believe in those stuff but sometimes they still agree to do or appear to agree with it. Because the elder people will easy to get angry and scold the young people. Of course, that will not good for the elder people's health and not good for family relationships.
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Some Superstitions
1. If something bad happens on the first day of the lunar month, a lot of bad things are going to happen throughout the month. For example, if you lost some money on the first day of the month, you will lose more throughout the month. Or if it rains on the first day, then it will rain every day of the month.
2. You will get bad luck if you step outside with your left leg or you meet a lady
3. If a dog comes to your house, you will get good luck. However, if it is a chicken, you will get bad luck.
4. If you look at yourself in a mirror at night, something bad may happen. For instance, you may see a ghost.
5. If you go somewhere near a graveyard at noon ( around 12:00 ), you will likely see a ghost
6. Around 100 days after someone's death, her/his spirit has not really gone and turns into a firefly, a butterfly or a snake to get back into his/her house.
And so on.
Young people usually don't believe in those things but sometimes they still do agree, or appear to agree with them. Because the elderly people would get angry and scold the young people if they disagreed. Of course, that would not be good for the elderly's health and it wouldn't be good for family relationships.
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Some taboos
I just want to share some information about some taboos which most elder people here believe in. There is not any evidence to prove that those taboos are true or worth to follow.1. If something bad happens on the first day of the lunar month, you will meet a lot of bad things in all days of that month. For example, if you lost some money on the first day of the month, you will lost more through the month. Or if it is rain on the first day, then it will rain all days of the month.
2. You will get bad luck if you step out side with your left leg or you meet a lady
3. If a dog comes to your house, you will get good luck. However, if it is a chicken, you will get bad luck.
4. If you look yourself in a mirror at night, something bad may happen.For instance, you may see a ghost.
5. If you go to somewhere near grave yard at noon ( around 12:00 ), you will easy to see a ghost
6. Around 100 days after some one's death, her/his spirit has not really gone. It turns into a firefly, a butterfly or a snake getting into his/her house.
And so on.
Young people usually don't believe in that stuff but sometimes they still agree to do or appear to agree with it. Because the elder people will easy get angry and scold the young people. Of course, that will not good for the elder people's health and not good for family relationships.
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I used dictionary to know the English words for " những điều kiêng kỵ" then I had " taboos " and " forbidden " . I did not know the word " superstition " before.
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Wow! so many don'ts.
I may not be able to handle them!
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No correction yet? I would say that your taboos are superstitions. Taboo is the subject that people avoid talking about for religious or social reason. A what about you, do you have any superstitions?
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