She also inhibit me to go swimming in July according to the lunar calendar. Because the ghost who lives under the water would catch me and make me live under the water in his placement. Then the ghost could be a human. When I was six years old, I remember hearing my grandmother telling my mother not to wash her hair the week after my brother was born. Because pregnant women are so weak that they might be sick if they wash their hair.
Chinese people have a lot of taboos on the New Year s Day.
They believe that cleaning the house on Chinese New Year s Day would sweep away the fortune and the luck that the gods have given them in the coming year. These harmless myth gave me many colorful imaginations in my childhood. It is very interesting that some superstitions have charming historical backgrounds and wish people luck. Maybe I do not believe in these legends, but I would not break these traditional superstitions to oppose my grandmother. On the other hand, there are some harmful superstitions in today s world.