Ancient Chinese Secret!

by yvonne | 8/17/08

I think it was Linda who told me, several years ago, then Ceku reminded me recently, that ancient Chinese wisdom advises against giving someone you love a pair of shoes as a gift. The superstitious belief is that if you do, that person can run away from you. It sounds pretty silly to me as I welcome any and all shoe gifts. Don’t withhold your love. I won’t run unless there’s a really good reason. :-)

Ceku says there is a way to counteract this voodoo. The receiver should give a penny back to the shoe giver. Ceku needs to explain this more in the comments section.


3 Responses to “Ancient Chinese Secret!”

  1. 1
    a gravatar Dave Says:
    August 17th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Well, YOU’VE never run away from someone you loved who gave you a pair of shoes, have you?

  2. 2
    a gravatar Tiff Says:
    August 18th, 2008 at 2:27 am

    I think that we have effectively disproven this theory given the amounts of shoes we’ve given each other over the years. :)

  3. 3
    a gravatar linda Says:
    August 31st, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    It wasn’t me! I’ve never heard of the shoe/running away thing - the one I know (and probably told you about) is the gift of a clock. In Chinese, “to give a clock” is song-zhong/送終, which is has the same pronunciation with “to give final goodbye,” or attending a funeral.

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