Answer:
In China, it is a taboo to write other people’s names using red ink (pen).
Explanation:
In ancient times, a death row criminal’s name was written in chicken blood, and later this evolved to being written in red ink. Thus, in all official records, the names of death sentence criminals were written in red ink.
It was said that Yán Wáng Yé, the King of Hell, also marked people about to come down to hell in red ink.
As well as the names of deceased or death row criminals, on their tombstones their names were written using red ink.
