Chinese under the bridge catching money with nets (6 photos + 1 video)
Category: Interesting photo stories, PEGI 0+
5 March 2024
This is because they have such a tradition. In fact, the tradition is to throw money from the bridge during the annual Lantern Festival. 
It is believed that in this way the Chinese will pay off misfortune and be healthy this year. The tradition is called “get rid of 100 diseases,” but the main thing is that it is a reliable remedy for back pain.
But while the superstitious half of the Chinese climbed onto the bridge and throw money in a cascade, the second half of the locals gathered under the bridge, who knows what, to catch the rain of money. Some even came with fishing nets in advance.
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Where does it happen
Photos from the Yuxi Bridge in Hubei Province, where many Chinese gathered. Although this tradition is also popular in other provincial regions. When you cross the bridge, you need to throw money from it (not just one bill, but a lot), and the superstition will only work at noon.
On average, it is customary to throw about 100 yuan (somewhere more than 1 dollar), as the locals say. But those who are richer believe that even a pack of 700 yuan from the bridge will not make them poorer, but they will buy themselves good luck for the whole year.
How would I feel in such a situation?
Well, part of the gesture of “showing off” is also present here. Because it’s more often locals who do this, and they want others to know how rich they are. Of course, many recorded the act of such wasteful superstition as a souvenir.
The whole world wants to go under the bridge
At the peak of the traditional celebration, it was literally raining banknotes from the bridge. The townspeople who saw the photos and videos were delighted:
I arrived early and took a better place, and took my place in the morning!
“Write a place, I’ll definitely come and score a place UNDER the bridge for the next Lantern Festival,” they wrote on the networks.
- I'm local, but I missed everything. But next year I’ll be here like a bayonet.
In fact, even without such smart people, it was cramped under the bridge. Enterprising men and women jumped up to be the first to grab the bills with their hands. And some brought nets and nets.
And from this bridge in Sichuan they throw money and CLOTHES, it’s good that they collect it below, otherwise the river would simply be clogged
Many are afraid to touch this money, as it supposedly conveys pain and failure, from which those who throw the bills pay off.
But it’s good to not be superstitious – it’s profitable.
I would understand if children and teenagers gathered under the bridge, as we sometimes dive into the fountain for coins to get for ice cream. But on the bridges of China we are talking about too much money (there are a lot of Chinese, plus everyone throws away 100 yuan or more), so the kids were quickly replaced by more cynical adults.
But, on the other hand, in fact, both the throwers are happy and the gatherers are, so there is no harm to anyone.
It’s scary to walk on this bridge; for the sake of tradition, 200 thousand people crossed it at lunchtime!!!
It turns out that this is just a ridiculous tradition of transferring money from the superstitious to the non-superstitious. Well, how to pay for drawing up a personal horoscope.
