Man holding dead wife's photo stopped on metro  

男子抱亡妻遗照坐地铁 被指犯忌讳遭员工劝阻

12月28日，武汉地铁4号线开通试运营，许多市民携家带口，专程尝鲜“小清新绿”。武汉的邹爹爹，为了完成老伴的遗愿，特意抱着亡妻的照片来坐地铁，不料却被指“犯忌讳”，遭到地铁工作人员劝阻，这番经历让他着实“堵心”。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- An old man in Central China's Wuhan city holding a picture of his dead wife was stopped from getting onto the Metro Line 4 on its opening day, for fear of bringing bad luck, Wuhan-based cnhubei.com said.

The report identified the man only as Zou. To fulfill the last wishes of his dead wife, he took a photo of her to Zhongnan Station of the just-opened Metro Line 4 and wanted to take a train on Saturday.

But he was stopped by a metro staffer on the platform and argued with him. Then the staffer called several security guards and policemen to the scene to prevent him from getting on the train. Zou said one even scolded him: "The line opens today, but you hang around with a photo of a dead person, don't you know it violates a taboo?"

Arguing for nearly half an hour, Zou at last managed to get on a train. Zou later posted his unhappy experience online.

A female staffer from the customer service department said Zou was walking around the crowded station that day. In consideration of safety, the staffer came to offer help and arranged volunteers to accompany him home. She denied that the staffer said it "violates a taboo."

Zou said the words hurt the image of Wuhan Metro.