EP35| 雨傘, Umbrella - Taboos (1): Why is opening an umbrella indoors a taboo in Taiwan, Egypt and England?

The sound quality for this episode is a bit muffled... 😥😥 Apologies...在世界很多地方,在室內打開雨傘都是禁忌。 在台灣,如果在室內打開雨傘,代表鬼魂會聚集到你的傘下,因此絕對不能撐傘。 那在其他地方為什麼也不能在室內打開雨傘呢? 有人認為,這是來源於古埃及。埃及的貴族會撐傘遮陽,傘的設計又是學習天空之神的樣子,所以遮蔭處也非常神聖。你若要待在傘的遮蔽處,就必須也有尊貴的身份,不然會招致厄運 也有人認為是來源自18世紀英國,當時大家開始用鐵製的傘。可是因為設計的關係,在室內撐傘很容易力度過猛,在室內撐傘很容易力度過猛傷到人,導致後來就變成壞運氣的象徵。

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