About China’s digital superstition

I don’t know when, but the trend of “number superstition” has become popular among Chinese people. For example, people generally like “8” and avoid “4” and so on. This kind of "digital superstition" that has no scientific basis and is purely arbitrary has been refuted and criticized by experts and the media on the one hand; but on the other hand, the trend of "digital superstition" has not subsided at all. This situation is quite surprising.

However, if in order to criticize this kind of "number superstition", we come up with an expert saying that "the number '4' is actually very auspicious", will we fall into another kind of "number superstition"? "In the quagmire? In other words, the word "4" is actually very auspicious." Isn't it also a superstition about numbers?

According to China News Service, Chinese people like "8" and avoid "4" when it comes to numbers, but Southeast University Oriental University Tao Siyan, director of the Institute of Culture, recently pointed out that "4" has always been an auspicious number in China. According to him, "4" has always been an auspicious number in ancient China. The idiom has four characters, such as four and eight, and it means southeast in ancient China. The "Four Spirits" in the four directions in the northwest are the green dragon, white tiger, red bird, basalt, and dragon, phoenix, turtle, and lin (see "Yangcheng Evening News" on January 4).

Heh, here's the argument from the pile of paper. , to be sure, it seems that the number "4" is very auspicious, but in this way, it is interesting: you criticized "digital superstition" and now created a new "digital superstition". This is not a paradox. Isn't this "using one's own spear to cut one's own shield"?

Not to mention how serious the Chinese people's "digital superstition" or number complex is, or how harmful "digital superstition" is to the Chinese people. How deep. In fact, everyone knows that no matter how you change the combination of numbers from 0 to 9, they are just numbers and have little meaning in themselves. Even if some people use homophony, association, pictograms, attachments, etc. to compose the so-called numbers. The meaning of "168" does not actually bring you good luck, and "4433" does not mean that you will face "life or death". Misfortune... People are superstitious about numbers, which imply a kind of spiritual comfort and solace for people, which is what the saying goes: "peace of mind" or "meaning". People may not value the actual function and meaning of it, because the numbers themselves do not have predictions. The function of life and death, promotion and fortune. Therefore, the theory of good and bad luck in numbers is nonsense and not worth refuting.

What is funny is that some experts have studied hard for this and discovered that " 4" is actually a very auspicious theory, and I want to use it to deny and criticize the so-called "number superstition". As everyone knows, this just falls into another kind of number superstition. In fact, the essence of the two number superstitions is the same Isn't it funny that while denying one kind of error, I think it's okay not to mention such news? Superstition, or promoting number superstition?

Foreign number superstition:

It is said that the 13th person who attended the dinner was Jesus's. Disciple Judas. It was this Judas who betrayed Jesus to the Jewish authorities for 30 silver coins, causing Jesus to be tortured. Thirteen people attended the Last Supper. The date of the dinner coincided with the 13th, and "13" brought suffering and peace to Jesus. Misfortune. Since then, "13" has been regarded as a symbol of betrayal and betrayal.

The taboo number of "13" in the West originated from ancient Greek mythology. At the banquet, 12 gods were present. During the banquet, an uninvited guest - Loki, the god of trouble and noise, suddenly came. The intrusion of this 13th visitor caused the death of Bert, who was favored by the gods. Friday and the number 13 both represent bad luck. Two unfortunate individuals finally combine to form a super unlucky day. Therefore, no matter which month the 13th falls on a Friday, it is called "Black Friday".

On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Some point to the nearly disastrous Apollo 13 mission as proof that the number 13 is an unlucky number.

In the eyes of Westerners, Friday is an unlucky day. On this day, some people will be unable to get out of bed because of fear, and some people will refuse to fly, buy a house, or even buy a sure-win item. stock. And if Friday coincides with the 13th, it is a very unlucky day. Because people will not fly or do business as usual on this day, business losses can reach $800 to $900 million. He estimates that this fear afflicts tens of millions of people in the United States.