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Chinese superstition

Here is a list of 40 classic Chinese superstitions:

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 more than one hair crown will be mischievous and disobedient.
  • A baby with wide and thick ears will live prosperously.

Before you get married

  • Wedding clothes should be red, yellow and/or white.
  • Wearing black, blue or gray will bring bad luck to the marriage.
  • Couples with the same surname cannot marry; even if they are not related, they still belong to the same ancestry.
  • A boy, preferably born a Dragon, must roll over the newlywed’s matrimonial bed to ensure good luck and a baby boy.
  • 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

  • An improper funeral will bring ill fortune and disaster.
  • Statues of deities must be covered with red cloth of paper.
  • Mirrors must be hidden; a person who sees the reflection of the coffin will have a death in his/her family.
  • White cloth must be hung across the doorway of the house.
  • The deceased’s children and grandchildren should not cut their hair for 49 days.
  • After leaving a wake, do not go straight home lest the ghost of the dead follows you.

Lucky and unlucky colors

  • Red is the color of blood or life and will bring happiness, wealth, fame, and good luck.
  • Black is the color of feces and is associated with evil, disaster and bad fortune.
  • White is the color of mother’s milk. It symbolizes moderation, purity, honesty and life and balances red and black.

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.

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Shanxi Province perfection from China

The name Shanxi literally means “mountain’s west”, which refers to the province’s location west of the Taihang Mountains.[1] Shanxi borders Hebei to the east, Henan to the south, Shaanxi to the west, and Inner Mongolia to the north. The capital of the province is Taiyuan.

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Woman with thousands of cats and dogs

Ha Wenjin, a dog lover from China, has given up her job, sold her house, car and jewelry to take care of over 1,500 dogs and 200 cats.

The middle-aged woman says she started out with just a few dogs that she could tend to in her spare time, but as their number kept growing, she had to give up her career and spend her entire day caring to the dogs’ needs. Before she knew it, she practically had her personal animal shelter, complete with 10 workers who look after the dogs, and 2 more who take care of the cats.

Many volunteers donate food to these dogs and cats that were forced to move to a new home, because government officials of China decided to reclaim the land where the shelter was built on.

Today Ha Wenjin and her pets live in Houyu village. Even though it is expensive and difficult to keep a shelter open, this woman has no intention of giving up in her desire to save as many stray dogs and cats as possible.

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Girl police officers in Asia

These are the lady police officers of Asia and their uniforms.

China

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

North Korea

Pakistan

Philippines

Singapore

South Korea

Taiwan

Vietnam

Are there others? If you’ve got pictures, share them with me and I will add to this list.

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Chinese sex obsession with see through dresses

Here are some pictures of see through dresses popular in Japan, but they are now obsessed with in China.

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As income increases, the sex industry has expanded rapidly to catch up with the need of the Chinese population.

Men and women all over the country are now expressing their true sexualities that have been pent up over many year.

If anything, here are some symbols that you should learn:

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Sushi art

In Japanese culture, sushi is considered to be an art form because its appearance is just as important as how it tastes. Chefs from different regions of Japan roll it and arrange it on the plate according to their own styles, and they spend years learning the craft of sushi-making.

Here are some great sushi art that look just too good to be eaten.

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What kind of Asian are you?

Young Asians in America come in many forms. Below are the major categories. Most Asians fit into multiple groups. For example, Rice-boys can also be Fobs and many Tabs are Fobulous. The only groups that are never part of another group are the Twinkies and the Asian-Americans. When you see your Asian friend, you greet them with “Wassup Fob!” And if your Asian friend says something ridiculous, say “Fob please!” Of course, when a non-Asian calls you a Fob, that is grounds for a fight. Ahahaha…

Twinkie

  • Your significant other is not Asian and never has been.
  • You have few Asian friends, if any.
  • You are embarrassed at family events because you cannot speak your language and everyone has to switch to English to communicate with you.
  • You have no idea that the other types of Asians on this list even exist.
  • You think Hello Kitty is dumb and do not know what Sanrio is.
  • You are the only Asian on this list that does not know what Bubble Tea is.
  • You drive a Ford or some other domestic car and if you drive a Honda, it is stock.

Asian-American

  • You claim yourself as Asian, but real Asians think you’re whitewashed and non-Asians see you as a foreigner. You fit in nowhere.
  • You have heard of Bubble Tea but have never actually had any.
  • You are confused about your cultural identity and express this frustration through spoken word performances at your college.
  • You read A. magazine and think it’s great.
  • You do not know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, or Kangta are.
  • You are only vaguely aware of the other Asians below.

Fob (Fresh Off the Boat)

  • You were not born in America.
  • You know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, and Kangta are. In fact, you have seen them at Atlantic City or Las Vegas recently.
  • You speak your native language fluently and so do all your friends.
  • You do not have any non-Asian friends.
  • Your parents do not speak any English.
  • When you speak English, you like to make everything plural.
  • You get extremely good grades in school.
  • You cannot dance.
  • Your fashion sense comes from whatever country you’re from and you incorporate nothing from American fashion into your wardrobe.

SuperFob

  • Your command of the English language is minimal and you don’t care.
  • You like dim sum chicken feet.
  • You do not own a single CD, VCD, Video game, or DVD that isn’t bootlegged.
  • Your only hangout is Chinatown.
  • All the lights in your house are fluorescent.
  • You dry your clothes outside your window.
  • You need a haircut.
  • You either smell like cigarettes or food.

Fobabee

  • You are an Asian-American or Twinkie who has recently “awoken”.
  • You have a newly found fetish of Asian girls/boys.
  • You have taken the Asian Studies course at college.
  • You are trying to learn as much as possible about your culture to make up for your lifetime of trying to be white.

Gangsta Fob

  • If you are lucky, you will grow to become Fobulous Gangsta Fob.
  • You have shot another Asian.
  • Your favorite hangout is a pool hall.
  • When you talk, you sound like a cross between a Fob and an urban black kid.
  • Your hair looks silly, but no one will tell you because you’ll shoot them.
  • You have a serious gambling problem.
  • You are a Rice-boy, but your mods are cheap and are never painted to match the rest of your car.
  • No one tells you your rice ride looks cheap because you’ll shoot them.
  • You want to have a Tab girlfriend.

Tab (Trendy Asian Bitch)

  • You shop at A/X, Bebe, Banana Republic and Club Monaco.
  • You only wear black and will occasionally wear white to “mix it up”.
  • You do not weigh more than 105 lbs.
  • You have never paid for dinner at a restaurant in your life.
  • Platform heels are your favorite.
  • You are a makeup expert, in fact, you appear completely flawless.
  • You do not smile in public.
  • You are the object of desire of all Asian men and you know it.
  • You smoke.
  • Your cell phone is completely customized.
  • On the inside flip of your cell phone is a sticker pic of you and your man.
  • Somewhere in your purse is a Sanrio item.
  • You only date Asian and will only date a boy with a nice car.
  • You are often seen with Rice-boys.
  • You never travel alone. You are either in the company of other Tabs or your Rice-boy boyfriend.

Hoochie Tab

  • You are an import car model.
  • Your boobs are not real.
  • There are naked pictures of you floating around on the internet somewhere.
  • Stiletto heels are your favorite.
  • Your role models are Francine Dee and Kaila Yu.
  • Your boyfriend is a Gangsta Fob.
  • You cheat on your boyfriend.
  • Unlike most Asians, you do not do well in school.

Rice-Boy

  • You drive an Asian import. Usually a Honda or Acura.
  • Your souped up car (known as a Rice-ride or Rice-rocket) is unrecognizable from it’s original stock form.
  • Your exhaust pipe is big enough for your head to fit in.
  • The spoiler on your car looks like it was made by Boeing.
  • The interior of your car also looks like it was designed by Boeing.
  • You always drive like you are racing someone.
  • You are not afraid of dying in a crash, but you are afraid of speed bumps and parking lot on-ramps.
  • The only other person besides yourself who can sit in your car is your 105 lbs Tab girlfriend. If anyone else sits in your car, the entire bottom of it will be touching the ground.
  • Even though your car is a Honda, it goes faster and is worth more than a Lotus Esprit.
  • If you drive a Civic, your dream car is a Supra. If you drive a Supra, your dream car is a Skyline (which you can never have).

Fobulous

  • You speak perfect English and you are fluent in your native language.
  • You have Asian friends as well as non-Asian friends.
  • You listen to Asian pop as well as American music.
  • You are equally aware of both popular American culture and Asian pop culture.
  • You are a good dancer.
  • You date Asian by choice even though you could rock the opposite sex of any other race.
  • You are a good designer and have superior HTML skills.
  • You have an Apt107 page AND an AA page and the guest books in both are packed.
  • For you, FOB stands for Fabulous Oriental Being.
  • You have lots of Asian pride.

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Rice bra

Japan, for example, has begun to require women to grow rice in their brassieres.

Perhaps, it’s very convenient to cook rice for two.

A model wears Triumph International’s “Grow-Your-Own-Rice bra” in Tokyo May 12, 2010. The bra, which transforms into a rice growing kit, allows the wearer to cultivate rice anytime, anywhere. It was created in hopes that more people will become familiar with farming and develop awareness of the importance of agriculture, the lingerie maker said.

1000 Facebook Fans

Today Asian Jokes and Humor Blog has signed up its 1,000 Facebook Fans. This is quite an accomplishment and I am very proud of the fact that we’ve got 1,000 people who actually visited the site and enjoyed the pictures, jokes, and videos that I posted on a daily basis. Let’s count and see how long it would take for the site to reach 2,000 fans!

All in a day work

It’s a job. I am not going to lie that begging is easy…but somebody has to do it.

That’s why you shouldn’t always believe beggars.