Odd notes: Things Chinese throw coins at for good luck
By Agencies, Published: 2015-08-27 15:29:48
Four large turtles are covered with yuan notes in a pool at the Zhengzhou Zoo, Central China’s Henan Province, on August 24, 2015. Photo: IC
Editor's Note:
Chinese tourists have been making news recently for pelting unusual targets - from dinosaur bones to 1500-year-old relics - with coins and cash in the hopes of scoring some good luck.
A tourist places notes on the shell of a turtle at the Zhengzhou Zoo, Central China’s Henan Province, on August 24, 2015. Photo: IC 
Dozens of coins rest on a giant waterlily in Daming Lake, Jinan, capital of East China’s Shandong Province on August 23, 2015. The lilies were brought to the lake years ago from their native South America and now serve as targets for coins thrown by good luck seekers. Some tossed coins have torn holes in the floating leaves. Photo: IC 
A woman peers into a 1500-year-old stone sarcophagus filled with money in a museum in Luoyang, Central China’s Henan Province, on August 8, 2015. The sarcophagus is carved with images of immortals and dates back into the Northern Wei period (386-534). Photo: CFP 
Tourists visit the 1500-year-old stone sarcophagus. Photo: CFP 
A fossilized dinosaur skeleton enclosed in glass stands among coins and notes at the Beijing Museum of Natural History on May 5, 2015. Visitors pushed the cash through narrow gaps at the top of the enclosure in order to bring themselves good luck. Photo: CFP 
Money in various denominations fill a dinosaur fossil display at the Beijing Museum of Natural History on May 5, 2015. Photo: CFP 
A statue surrounded by glass is showered with notes at a scenic spot in Xi’an, Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, on August 8, 2015. Photo: CFP 
A stone statue of a lion is surrounded by money squeezed into its glass enclosure. Statues and stone tablets all attract money from tourists. Photo: CFP