Superstitions of Malaysian Chinese

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Picture of 'Money generating tag' (Chinese: 对我生财) of local Malaysian Chinese. Money Tag is very popular among the Chinese community in Malaysia.

'Magic Words' written with red & yellow paints on a lamppost found in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the meaning is "The luck star brings wealth and good fortune to me".

Superstitions of Malaysian Chinese refers to traditional superstitious beliefs of Malaysian Chinese.

[edit] Examples of superstitions

• Car number plates of 8888, 888, 88, 8, 168, 668 are a sign of good fortune.
• Numbers 4444, 444, 44, 4 and 9413 are extremely bad. (Some buildings in Malaysia replaced '4th Floor' to 3A, and house address 44 and 4 to 43A and 3A.)
• The number "4" is actually unlucky and it means death.
• Red and yellow are the color of good fortune accepted by all.
• Black is a color of bad luck.
• Pineapple is a sign of good fortune.

[edit] See also

• Malaysian Chinese Gods
• Malaysian Chinese
• Chinese religion
• Ancestor worship
• Superstition (disambiguation)
• Fengshui
• Chinese folk religion
• Chinese mythology
• Numbers in Chinese culture
• list of deities

[edit] External links

• Don't Sit On This Book - A Collection of Chinese Taboos by Philip Cheong

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