At night, if someone calls your name, don't agree to it first; this taboo exists in both the south and the north

At night, if someone calls your name, whether you answer or not, elders in both the south and the north care about this.

In the northeast, the saying goes: when walking at night, if someone behind you calls your name, don't answer the first one or two times, and definitely don't look back. Someone explains it this way: each person has a lamp on each shoulder and one on top of their head; if you look back, the lamp on your shoulder goes out, and unclean things will take this opportunity to come up. When asked why there are three lamps, or why looking back extinguishes one, the person explaining can't answer; they just say that adults taught them this when they were children.

In some places in Jiangnan, it's about things inside the house. If you hear someone calling you at home in the middle of the night, absolutely do not answer;

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