【正文】 for most westerners number 13 is absolutely an unlucky number. For example, in the west, house address would never in 13 number. In the national lottery, people never printed 13 number. Whether domestic or international flights, the plane seats have not row 13. In the cinema, it also have no number 13 row 13. Many skyscrapers, dweller building and apartment’s floor build from 12th floor direct to 14th floor,and no 13th floor. If developers want to sell out 13 th floor successfully, they have to change it to 12B or 12 layer and a half. And the fear of number 13 to many people has affected their daily life. When they go out in the 13th day in a mouth,they won’t take a car or a plane. Because they think that that time go out is likely to meet disaster. And if that 13th day is just the Friday, that is more an unlucky day, people will be afraid in the ceiling on the disastrous event. In that way , where is the taboo of number e from? That is related to the religion legends in western countries. It is said that before the era of Jesus that was Scandinavia Era. One night, 12 gods was invited to the god of the scourge and disputes attended the dinner without authorization so that the total number changed to fighting happened. The god39。s favorite Baal Del were killed. And this was coincidence of most famous history last supper. In Jesus and his followers in a total number of 12 people to a dinner, traitor judah came in and make the number 13. He betrayed Jesus. And after 24 hours of the meal, Jesus was crucified, that day just is Friday in 13th . Eve tempted Adam forbidden fruit, Noah39。s ark into the temple, and Solomon collapsed events was all happened in Friday 13th. That’s all deepen people’fear on Friday 13th. The Number Taboos in Chinese Culture All these western number superstition taboo relevant to the religious closely. And to the Chinese people, the superstition of number is simple, because for many number superstition originates from the number’s “partial tone”. For example: the fear of western number 13, in many Chinese eye can be a lucky number. Because 13 pronounce like breeds means “l(fā)ife can continuous reproduction breed in an endless succession. In China, the most mysterious figure is “9 . The superstition of 9 from the worship of the heaven, may also be relevant to dragon. Some research shows the original meaning of “9” is the nine dragon head. The ancients think “9” of the great number of Yang by “9”represents the “day” which has some closely relationship with dragon, nine then bee the symbol of the royal. In addition, from traditional sense, nine also means a long long time. And 8 means getting rich, 6 means double six. Many people spend large sum of money to buy for phone number or license number related to “8”or”9”, just in order to be ’s more, many merchants choose to open their business on August 8th . 18th. 28th. On account of being richer and richer. And new couples choose September 9th . 19th meaning forever. However, in China the most unlucky number is 4. Becausefor the 4 in China is homophonic for die, and 14 also homophonic for death. This is one of most people’s taboo. It is said that some schools are afraid of 4 and not set the fourth floor. The hospital does not set the ward and nor the fourth floor. When visiting a patient is also forbidden to say 4. No one is willing to choose such a number, and no one willing to choose this day as major holiday. The Wedding Taboo Marriage is one of the most important matter in people’s lives besides birth and death. Therefore, wedding custom has lots of taboos in China and western countries and each has its own characteristics.To the Chinese people,red means good luck in all the places. During the ceremony, the bride must wear red dress, sit red sedan chair,wear big red flower, put red quilt and lit red candles and put up red “xi”. If possible, everything must be coloured red which represent prosperous and booming .When taking part wedding ceremony Chinese people use to wear red cloth and send gift by red envelop . If white and black appear in the wedding , that will be regarded as highly auspicious, white and black only happens in the funeral of the Chinese people. While in western wedding, white wedding veil is the symbol of purity and has bee a standard wedding dress colors, white is the most fashionable dress color in formal occasions .while in the west, red represents the bleeding, revolution and terror, if wearing red dress in the wedding which could be considered unlucky. In the Chinese wedding, everything is new, which means the beginning of new life. And in the west in the wedding, the bride must have four things: something old, new, borrowed and blue. New points to wear white dress, symbolizes the beginning of new life。 The old, is the face veil which the mother has ever used, in order to show the kindness of the parents, face veil is a symbol which they will be happy and lucky in the future just like their parents 。 Borrow is the white handkerchief on the bride’s hand which is from the girlfriend, which means she will not forget her friend。 Blue is the blue ribbon tying on bride’s wrest ,which is a symbol of loyalty to her love. It is said that this will bring good luck to the bride. And in China, relatives and friends sending gifts to the new couples need to be cautious, because there are some things can39。t be sent, such as an umbrella, handkerchief, scissors, etc. Because umbrella is homophonic scattered, which means separation, this is undoubtedly one of the biggest taboo to the pursuit of a long life of the Chinese people, The handkerchief is used to wipe tears, so it39。s easy to think of the word cry, and cry for just get married bride is also a bad sign, suggesting husband and wife will not happiness in the future. Scissors means friction, indicating the two individuals will often quarrel with each other.From these point of views, Chinese and west