Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Hotel franchise - Why are there no 14 floors in domestic hotels?

Why are there no 14 floors in domestic hotels?

Because "4" and "14" are customs that respect China people, because in the early days, hotels above 10 were all four-or five-star hotels, unlike hotels now, which even had 10 floors. But people in China like homophones, such as 8= hair, 4= death, so business people and most people don't like this number, which has a bad meaning and deliberately avoids it.

As a service industry, guests' feelings should be considered first, so many room numbers don't have 4 or 4 floors. After all, it is a business that opens the door to make money. Therefore, 4 14, 24 ... this number with 4 is usually not available in hotels. Not only the floor, but also the room number with 4.

The number taboo of China people is:

There are many taboo numbers, such as 2, 3, 4, 7, 13, etc. Generally speaking, the singular is taboo. Because yes-men, giving or receiving gifts are taboo.

"Two" is an even number, but funerals are forbidden on such days, because people don't want bad things to be paired.

"Three" homophonic "San", birthdays and weddings are taboo, and birthday and wedding gifts are also taboo.

"Four" is the homonym of "death", so it is not appropriate to have this number in the house number and license plate number.

The number "seven" is taboo for women in some places, because the feudal society has the commandment of "seven out" for women, and if they commit seven, they will divorce, so there is a saying that "seven don't go out and eight don't go home", and "eight" is taboo at this point because it means "fen".

"Nine" is quite taboo in the music world, because some great composers in the world, such as Beethoven, died after writing the ninth symphony.