Double Nine - 20111006

According to I-Ching, six and nine are a pair of paradox. Six represents Yin, whilst nine symbolizes Yang.

Yesterday was the lunar 9/9. Chinese call it the "Double Yang Festival". Traditionally, we would go hiking, and visit tombs of our late relatives. It is interesting to see why we go for the "yangest" day. Maybe we are so keen to get rid of our beloved ones.

But now, for most of the people, "double nine" is just another ordinary day off. When I went jogging, I saw so many recreational cyclers. The chance of being knocked down was not lower than any sunny Sunday.

Around the time, there was a case of judicial review on a particular use of land. Businessmen argued that they could build shrines in the land in contest for settlement of deceased cremated ashes. They even branded their company "The Shrine". However, the court thought otherwise. The presiding judge ruled that the structure was columbarium rather than shrine. Approval from the authority has to be sought to build columbarium.

It is hideous. Those greedy guys, to make money out of dead ones, shifts the sin to others alive. It was such a big taboo to move cremated bodies around. By turning a deaf ear to the devil, the developer makes buyers suffer.