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Fishermen have a lot of taboos in life. They cannot, for example, wear shoes on the boat or let someone wearing shoes board the boat. To the Danjia people, their boat is their home; all their lives and properties are on the boat and therefore cannot be dirtied by shoes. Therefore (I think it should be "moreover"?) any action or word that is symbolically unlucky to the boat is fastidiously avoided.
Some examples are: during a meal, no utensils may be placed upside down; a fish cannot be flipped over; any word homonymous with "sink" in Fujianese is avoided; breaking anything inside the house is considered a bad omen; the mention of cat is avoided for fear that cats will eat the fish they catch; the killing of a lantern shark is also avoided because of the belief that a lantern shark will smell its companion's death and eat men as a revenge.
The fishermen are also deeply concerned about the fishing boat or boathouse becomes "unclean", as it will bring about bad things such as a collision or going aground. Hence came some taboos such as:
1. A woman cannot step over the bow.
2. A woman who gives birth less than a month ago cannot step on or touch a person's boat.
3. A corpse cannot pass over the bow, else it will contaminate the bow and hurt production.
4. A stranger cannot go to the stern. That is where the steering is and any uncleaniness can lead to bad steering.
Along with the advance of time and technology, the fishing industry has gone from prosperity to decline, and the traditional fishing method of Hong Kong fishermen has also changed drastically. Moreover, the continuous land filling and reclaiming has marginalized the fishing industry and leads it down the road of extinction. As a result, most fishermen move onshore and work in other industries in the city, and those who remain can only live from hand to month.