- During pregnancy
孕婦在懷孕期間，若家中小叔、小姑嫁娶，不得上前迎花轎，否則胎兒會受驚，新娘也會遭殃。不能吃喜宴上的食物或喜餅、喜糖等，皆防『喜沖喜』而生不測。
2. Pregnant women are not allowed to attend funeral and related rituals. They can’t eat food or use towels from the family of the deceased, either.
孕婦不能關難人家喪葬行列或自家棺柩封釘及入土儀式。不食喪家食物或使用喪家毛巾，皆防沖煞
3. Pregnant women are not allowed to use scissors or sew clothes in their room for fear the tools might hurt the spirit of the fetus and cause birth deffects.
禁在孕婦房內動刀剪、縫衣服，恐刀剪針線刺傷胎神，產下畸形胎。
- After childbirth
產婦胞衣不可亂丟，否則血汙會沖犯天地鬼神，招來不幸。
5. Within one month after giving birth, a woman is banned from entering places like temples or other people’s house. It’s believed that the woman’s body is not pure and will offend the god, who will give bad luck.
產婦『月內』禁入寺廟或別人家，因俗信『月內』的婦人身體不潔，會污穢神明觸人楣頭。
6. If people who are in following situations, they can’t enter the room of a woman who has delivered a babies within a month.
肖虎、帶孝、寡婦或新娘，皆禁入產婦『月內房』。
- Your birth symbol is tiger in Lunar New Year.
- You are in a mourn.
- You are a widow.
- You just get married.
7. Baby’s clothing should be taken into the house after sunset, or baby may get sick because of wearing the clothes.
幼嬰衣服不可露夜不收，府則次日若讓幼兒穿上，會染濕熱之疾。
- Taboos in raising kids
忌在嬰兒面前說胖或稱讚健康，否則反而變瘦或生病。
9. Don’t hit children with a ruler, because rulers are always used to measure “things.” It will make kids become a dwarf the day after.
禁用尺打小孩，尺乃用來量長短，用尺打小孩，無異將小孩『量常量短』，日後會變侏儒。
10. Hitting children on New Year’s Day will make them silly or skinny.
元旦日打小孩會使小孩癡呆或變得瘦骨如柴。
11. Don’t hit or scold the children who are having the meal. It will take them away from being wealthy. Their career won’t succeed.
不能打罵吃飯中的小孩，若打罵進食中的小孩，無意剝奪小孩的『吃飯命』。
12. Chicken claws or wings are prohibited for pre-school children. It’s said that eating claws will cause children to tear the books.
禁止小孩吃雞爪、雞翅。俗說『食雞腳，撕破冊』。吃雞翅要兩隻一起吃。
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