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Beijing to ban skipping of 'unlucky' numbers
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August 20, 2012, Monday
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Beijing has vowed to prohibit the selective avoidance of "unlucky" numbers, normally deemed to include four, 13 and 14, in the registration of addresses, an official with the city's quality watchdog said today.
"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," according to Zhou Qiaolin, an official at the Beijing Municipal Administration of Quality and Technology Supervision.
She said the prohibition will be included in a criterion for the setting of building name plates and door number plates which is to be implemented on September 1.
The latest move targeting entrenched Chinese numerology reflects the superstitious beliefs still held by some, who continue to prefer 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," according to Zhou Qiaolin, an official at the Beijing Municipal Administration of Quality and Technology Supervision.
She said the prohibition will be included in a criterion for the setting of building name plates and door number plates which is to be implemented on September 1.
The latest move targeting entrenched Chinese numerology reflects the superstitious beliefs still held by some, who continue to prefer to avoid the number "four" because it sounds almost exactly like the word for "death" in Mandarin.
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