Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Hotel reservation - Why don't hotel elevators have floors 13, 14, 18?

Why don't hotel elevators have floors 13, 14, 18?

Because these three numbers are unlucky.

13: unknown symbol. In the oil painting The Last Supper, the thirteenth man is a traitor who betrayed Jesus. His name is Judas. Jesus was killed after supper the next day.

14: homophonic "dying".

18: 18 hell.