chinese superstitions

[chas2008]

just come back from a funeral where the nextdoor neighbour (chinese) refused to let the hearse park outside her house as its supposed to be unlucky !! any truth in it ?????

[RAV1D]

yes it's unlucky for the relatives that had to park up the street as no parking space left.

[Postdog]

maybe there was yellow lines

[chas2008]

loads of spaces & no yellow lines....she actually requested someone park their car in front of her house to make certain the hearse couldnt park...
just wondered if she was just being a t**t,

[Postdog]

I'll get me coat.......

[wildwood]

If she requested that someone park in front of her house to prevent the hearse from parking there then I can't see how she was being awkward.

I think I would prefer not to have a 'loaded' hearse park in front of my house.

[Lore]

I know that after going to a funeral or to a cemetery you're not to go straight back to the house - just kill time to shake off the bad spirits. So I'm guessing she wasn't being awkward.

[chas2008]

this was the same chinese woman who blamed the next door neighbour for her husband getting prostrate cancer because they had an asbestos roof on their shed.....

[ZebUK]

Sounds like she's either very superstitious, very fearful of any pathogen going (including inanimate ones) or both.

[joko]

id have told her to do one...last thing you need at a funeral is that load of nonsense...besides its not her road and she has no rights...