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Beijing to ban avoiding 'unlucky' numbers
Monday August 20, 2012 04:05:41 PM,
IANS
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Beijing: The Chinese
capital will prohibit people from avoiding so-called "unlucky"
numbers, that include four, 13 and 14, in the registration of
addresses.
The move targets Chinese numerology that reflects superstitious
beliefs still held by some people, Xinhua reported.
Chinese people continue to avoid the number "four" because it
sounds almost exactly like the word for "death" in Mandarin.
"The numbers of storied buildings, units and door plates should be
coded and registered in numerical order, and no skipping or
selective use of numbers should be allowed," Xinhua quoted an
official from the Beijing Municipal Administration of Quality and
Technology Supervision as saying.
A new coding criterion for building name plates and door number
plates will be implemented Sep 1.
People are also willing to pay extra to register car number plates
or phone numbers containing the number "eight" because it sounds
similar to the words for "making a fortune" or "prosperity" in
Mandarin and Cantonese.
The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games officially began
at 8 p.m. on the eighth day of the eighth month in 2008.
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