China is a land of many popular beliefs, customs and superstitions. This is all part of the China Travel. These beliefs and customs may be termed as superstitions. They may have their own merits and demerits. But they form part of the  of the life in this Oriental nation. In today’s world of growing globalization and the emergence of China and Asia generally as the main economic growth region, there is heavy traffic of people from other parts of the world to China and Asia. A basic understanding of the popular Chinese superstitions, customs, and beliefs will make it easy for appreciating the social life of China and easily acclimatize with the land with the China Tours. The following are the main superstitions and beliefs in the Chinese world.

1) If one hits another person with a broom, the hitter will get bad luck and he will ruin his life.

2) Another Chinese superstition is that if a dog howls for a few hours in late night, it means someone died somewhere.

3) It is another superstitious belief of the Chinese that if one has a dream of teeth or snow, it indicates that his parents are dead.

4) If a baby cries for no reason, the Chinese believe that there are ghosts around and the child is disturbed by the ghosts.

5) Another superstition of the Chinese is that building a house facing the North would bring in ruin to the family.

6) It is a superstition among the Chinese that if one marries a person who is either three or six years older or younger is bad and it will bring bad luck to the couples.

7) The Chinese believe that clipping toe-nails or finger-nails at night would bring ghosts to that place.

8 ) Another popular Chinese superstition is that if one points at the moon with one’s finger it will make one’s ear tips fall off.

9) Another popular belief of the Chinese is that if one encages and keeps a turtle as a pet, it will ruin his business and fortune as it will slow a person’s business
down.

10) This is another popular superstition in China. The Chinese believe that the number 8 is a lucky number because the pronunciation of the number ‘eight’ and the pronunciation of the word for ‘prosperity’ in Chinese are similar. Hence, the number 8 has much value in the social life in China. So if a house number or
the registration number of a car has the 8 as a number, people think it is a lucky sign. Often people pay big sum to win a number with 8 for their car.

11) In another popular Chinese superstition, the number 4 is considered as unlucky. Hence this number is unacceptable for vehicles and houses. It is so because the number 4 in Chinese has the pronunciation similar to the word for the word ‘death’.

12) In another popular Chinese superstition, the Chinese do not sweep during the New Years because if one does so he will sweep away all the good fortune. Hence the sweeping on the New Year is to be done the day previous.

If you are going to Travel to Beijing, keep this statements with you, and you probably experience some of this superstitions!

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