In China's geomantic omen, clothes are personal things, so there are fortunes for people who wear clothes. Luck is good and bad, so there are many taboos to throw away old clothes. Especially old underwear, you usually have to cut a few knives with scissors when throwing it away, and there will be no problem if it is broken. According to feng shui, old underwear has evil spirits. Cutting old underwear into pieces is to exorcise evil spirits and at the same time, it is healthier. If they are not cut into pieces, some scavengers will rummage through their clothes in the garbage and sell them at low prices without proper cleaning and disinfection. This is very unfavorable, but it encourages illegal traders and deepens the spread of diseases, especially skin diseases.
The taboo of throwing old underwear is to cut it open before throwing it, which means exorcism and is helpful to the body.