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Why do westerners taboo the number "13"?

Westerners are most afraid of the number 13, and they will avoid it whenever they encounter this number. It is said that the foreign house numbers are only 12 and 14, but the hotel has no room 13. If thirteen guests attend the party, the last one who arrives will be allowed to leave. They are convinced that 13 is an unlucky number.

Legend has it that Jesus had dinner with his disciples before he was killed. The person present at the dinner was Judas, a disciple of Jesus. It was this Judas who betrayed Jesus to the Jewish authorities for 30 silver dollars and made Jesus suffer. The last dinner was attended by 13 people, and the date of dinner coincided with 13. "13" has brought misery and misfortune to Ye Zhi. From then on, "13" was regarded as a symbol of misfortune and a synonym for betrayal.

On April 1970, Apollo 13 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Some people pointed out that the almost disastrous Apollo 13 mission to the moon proved that the number 13 was unlucky.

Westerners' taboo "13" also originated from ancient Greece. According to Greek mythology, there were 12 gods at the banquet in Ha Fula. During the dinner, an unexpected guest, Loki, the God of Trouble and Noisy, suddenly broke in. The intrusion of the 13 visitor led to the death of Bert, who was loved by the gods.

There are many such legends, especially the legend about the last supper, which has been deeply rooted in the west. Leonardo also painted the famous oil painting The Last Supper, which was widely circulated. Therefore, "13" has become the most taboo number in the western world.

Because of taboos, westerners try their best to avoid contact with "13". In the Netherlands, it is difficult for people to find the house numbers of buildings 13 and 13. They replaced 13 with "12A". You can't find 13 rows and 13 seats in British theaters. The French are very clever, and there are generally walkways between rows 12 and 14 in the theater. In addition, people are also taboo to travel on 13, even more taboo to eat with 13 people, and even more unacceptable to 13 dishes.

In short, in the eyes of westerners, Friday is also an unlucky day. On this day, some people will stay up because of fear, and some people will refuse to fly. And if Friday falls on 13, it will be a very bad day. Because people will not fly or do business as usual on this day, the business loss can reach 800 million to 900 million dollars. This fear afflicts tens of millions of people in the United States.

China Yijing Interpretation Number 13. So what is the principle that westerners are afraid of 13 and 13? Some people say that this is just "folk custom". It's not that simple. Many things in the world are not casual. Everything is in order. Some numbers have specific meanings, including the secrets of heaven and earth, and have certain good or bad meanings.

It is not clear how westerners explain this. It seems that the legend of "The Last Supper" alone is not enough to clarify its principle, but it is easy to reveal its secret by explaining the essence of our China culture, The Book of Changes.

The number 13 is divined according to the divination principle in the Book of Changes, and 1 and 3 are divined separately. One (1), in the eight diagrams, stands for dry divination; Three (3) people, in the gossip, represent deviation from divination. With the number of 13, we can get the divination of "Heaven Fire" and "Reason" under "Gangua".

Dry divination represents the west, five elements belong to gold, parting divination represents the south, and five elements belong to fire. The upper hexagram is "dry" and the lower hexagram is "rational". As far as the five elements are concerned, they are fire, gold and heaven. It can be seen that in the global geographical position of the west, the five elements belong to gold, so fire is the most taboo, and burning the sky is a major event. So the number 13 coincides with the secret. The number 13 represents important people or events, time and date, numbers, etc. These are the innate nemesis of westerners and must be the biggest "taboo number".

Once 13 and Friday meet again, westerners are even more afraid. 5. Xun hexagrams, five elements belong to wood, hexagrams belong to the wind. When the divination of "Heaven and Fire Companion" and "Xun" met, it was the wind that lit the fire, and the wind and fire burned the sky. How could the golden location in the west suffer such a fire? So 13 and Friday overlap, which is a terrible day with many fears.

In addition to the number 13, it can be inferred that major events and catastrophes are prone to occur in western countries in every year when gold is burned. For example, the "September 1 1 incident" in the United States occurred on the morning of September 1 1 day (the evening of September1/Beijing time). Its year is 200 1 Taisui Xinsi, which is Jin Xin, hosk; Ding Youyue is also the gold of Ding Hawke; The ugly sun burns through the sky, and gold goes into the grave. The disaster just happened.

But in the east, this is just the opposite of the west. The number 13 constitutes the divination of "Skyfire and Man", which is an auspicious divination for the military. Because fire produces gold, the East is not in the position of gold, so it is not in the position of being beaten. On the contrary, gold is in charge of military affairs, and fire can save the East. For orientals, Jin Kemu and Huo Kejin should be a lucky number, ranking first. For example, there are 13 articles on the art of war, which is known as the originator of the art of war in the world.

Things in nature are never casual, and they all have certain rules. Folklore is the same as science. And some things in the East and the West are diametrically opposed, just like the night in the West and the day in the East.