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1、ChineseDigitalCultureUnit8TaskstodayTheOriginofChineseNumbersEvenNumbersandOddNumbersChineseNumber"One”ChineseNumber“Nine”ChineseNumber"Ten”ChineseNumbertaboosVS.EnglishnumbertaboosTheOriginofChineseNumbersNumberscameintouseabout5000yearsagoinChina.From"1""10"t
2、ohundred,thousand,tenthousand,thenumbersystemwascompleteeveninShangDynastyandthedecimalsystemevenstartedsincethattime.Numbersare,infact,originallycomingfromtheearlyhuntingpractice.Theancientsworshipnumbersastheydotothelanguage,sonumbersarealwaysculturallyconnot
3、ative.Peoplebelievethatsomenumberscanbringfortuneandluck,andsomemaybringmisfortuneandevendisastertothem.InChina,themysteryofnumbershasbeenmuchinfluencedbytheconceptofYinandYang.Ancientsdividethetennumbersintotwogroups:theoddnumbersareYang,implying"theHeaven,the
4、male";whiletheevennumbersareyin,implying"theEarth,thefemale".EvenNumbersandOddNumbersAsaruleinday-to-daylifeinChina,itiscustomarytoregardevennumbersasbeingmoreauspiciousthanoddnumbers.InChina,traditionallygiftsaregivenasapartofthecelebrationforalloccasions.Thus
5、,guestswillalwaysgiveeven-numberedpresents.Asthenumbertwo,usuallysuggestsgerminationandharmony,atweddingcelebrations,decorationsareinvariablysetoutinpairs:apairofredcandles,apairofpillows,andcoupletshungontwosidesofthehall.Six,pronouncedas"Liu",conveysindirectl
6、yitshomophony'smeaning—Doeverythingsmoothly;andeightinChinesehasasimilarsoundto"Fa",whichmeanstomakeafortune.Allbusinessmenfavorthisnumberverymuch.Howeverfour,istheexceptiontotheevennumberruleasitsoundslike"Si"(death).Sowhenpeoplechoosecarlicensetags,phonenumbe
7、rs,androomnumbers,theytrytoavoidit.ChineseNumber"One"TheHanPeopleworship"yi"sinceancienttimes.Theyholdthebeliefthatallthingsonearthcomesfrom"yi",because"yi“hasthesimilarmeaningwith"yuan","shi",“chu",meaning"thesource".TheTaoistbelievesthat"Onemakestwo,twomakest
8、hree,andthreemakeseverythingonearth,""yj“sometimesmeanscomplete.Forexample,"allthethings","yi"oftengoestogetherwithotherwordsexpressing"quantity",butmeans"wholeorcomplete".F
