We Asians can be a superstitious bunch sometimes. AsiaOne spoke to actors Ben Wang and Sydney Taylor from the Disney+ series American Born Chinese recently, and asked Ben if his family had any that stood out to him growing up. 'We had all the standard ones,' the 23-year-old said. 'You know, don't stick your chopsticks in the rice straight up,...
AsiaOne spoke to actors Ben Wang and Sydney Taylor from the Disney+ series American Born Chinese recently, and asked Ben if his family had any that stood out to him growing up.
He found the notion of burning paper money for your deceased relatives "so Chinese", that "in heaven you need cash".Ben's family even bought kits that came with paper money and other offerings to send up to their ancestors, which he noted was a recent advent "in the last 20 years". The kits came with things such as "a little paper iPhone" or "a little paper suit, with a little paper bowtie".
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