Chinese tourists pollute pond water in park by feeding cash to fish for good luck

Officials say that visitors have ignored signs at the park in Shandong province warning that throwing cash into the pond is polluting the water

China society

Stephen Chenin Beijing

Published: 12:15pm, 28 Mar 2016

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Chinese tourists have been feeding real money to fish in a park in the hope that it will bring them good luck, a mainland media reports.

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Sunday’s warm weather led to large crowds of visitors visiting the park in Jinan, Shandong province, and a number of them were seen throwing coins and bank notes into a pond full of fish, the news portal 163.com reported.

Park management in Shandong province have warned that the behaviour of visitors feeding money to fish in its pond is polluting the water. Photo: 163.com

Visitors believe the fish are sacred and capable of bringing them good luck if they are fed them with money, the report said.

Visitors to the park in Shandong province have been warned not to drop money into a pond to feed fish. Photo: 163.com

However, park management said the behaviour was effectively killing the fish by polluting the pond.

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They have put up signs around the pond warning people not to throw money into the water, but many visitors have ignored the signs, the report said.

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