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Door views #27: wooden door with Chinese character

Wooden door in Wuzhen, China, the Chinese character "good fortune" (福) is always hung upside down, as upside down is pronounced samely as 'arrive/come'. An upside down hung "good fortune" means good luck will follow to come...
at Tuesday, March 20, 2012
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1 comment:

  1. UnknownSeptember 22, 2012 at 12:43 AM

    Great to learn something new about another culture -thanks for sharing!

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