VERY SUPERSTITIOUS

Finally got down to picking my "fading tradition" and target audience. I was kind of afraid to do this topic because it's quite ambiguous and research was going to be terribly difficult to find (i.e Rate of people practicing superstitious traditions, qualitative research on why they practice it). My idea was not to bring the tradition back (because I'm the last thing from superstitious), but to educate my target audience with our heritage so that it won't be just a forgotten past. This is what I figured out along the way:

Genre of Fading Tradition: Faith (noun) = "Complete trust/confidence in someone/something"
Superstitions = "Excessively credulous belief and reverence for supernatural beings. A widely held belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action. A practice based on belief" 

Non-Chinese Superstitions:1- An apple a day keeps the doctor away (ok this may just be a saying)
2- Crossing fingers
3- Break a mirror 7 years of bad luck 

Chinese Superstitions:
1- House Cleaning during CNY
2- Buying new clothes for the new year
3- Chopsticks in a bowl represents death
4- Chinese people cannot marry people with the same surname
5- Cannot sleep infront of the mirror
6- Black is the colour of death
7- Red is the colour of fortune and prosperity
8- No cutting hair during CNY period
9- All the lights in the house have to be turned on the first day of CNY
10-  Dogs are believed to be able to see ghosts and spirits due to the fluid in their eyes. By applying this fluid over one's eyes, one can actually see ghost. This is how temple medium see ghost.
11- It signifies death when dogs howl for long periods at the wee hours of the mornings
12- Babies can sense spirits
13- Brooms are to be kept during CNY.
14- Wearing a moustache will bring bad luck
  

Chinese Festivals:1- Chinese New Year
2- Qing Ming Festival
3- Ghost Festival

*On a side note, I realise that most of the Chinese superstitions are based on Money/fortune, Health and Family. It shows as a precautionary measure that these may be the three most important aspects in life back then when they were created. Today, these superstitions have been replaced by Modern Medicine (i.e proper sanitation), Science and Education. It shows that our society is moving ahead. But without faith/beliefs/superstition, everything would become "fact by fact". Our society will put their trust in technology, which in turn will show no cultural heritage. It will be a boring place with no human touch or empathy.