All societies have their superstitions but the Chinese are particularly superstitious. Three we have come across are:
1. The number 4 is unlucky (like our belief in unlucky 13).
2. There is great belief in fortune telling. At the Temple Market there are rows of fortune telling booths, our guide told us the more you pay the better your fortune.
3. Our favourite and one to be adopted in King's Lynn. You can visit little old ladies who ply their trade under a railway bridge and have curses cast or "villain hitting". To do this you put the name of the person to be cursed on a human shaped piece of paper which is then hit with a shoe by the old woman and burned. Curses can be short or long term or apply to one or a group of people. As our ghuide said "discounts may be available for multiple purchases"!
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