NumbersSuperstitionsSuperstitionsisaverycommonphenomenoninourdailylife,somesuperstitionsareaboutgod,someareaboutcustoms,someareaboutnumerology,usingthelawsofheavenandearth---“fengshui”.Oneofthesuperstitionsisnumbers,whichcontributealottopeople’sgoodluckandtheirhappinessinlife.Inthisarticle，wearegoingtolookatthedifferenceofnumberssuperstitionsbetweeninChinesecultureandGreekcultureandtheircertainmeaningofaparticularnumber.ThreeiscontroversialnumberinGreekculture,itiscommonlysaidthatluck,goodorbad,comeinthrees.Ifanaccidenthappens,thesamekindofaccidentsmaycomeaftertheother.Thearrivalofaletterwillbefollowedbytwootherswithinacertainperiod.Therestillhasanotherbeliefofnumberthree.Itissaidthatlightingthreecigarettesfromtheonematchisanunluckything.Ifthiskindofthinghappens,thebadluckthatgoeswiththedeedfallsuponthepersonwhosecigaretteswasthelasttobelit.ManyGreekpeoplebelievedthatthreecandlesallbelightedatthesametimeworldbesuretobringbadluck,one,two,orfour,wereok,butneverjustthree.InChineseculture,threeisaluckynumberforthemasthisissimilartothecharacterofbirth.The“ChineseTiger”istheChinesezodiacsymbolfornumberthree.Thetigerrepresentsbravepowerandstrength.Threemeansinfinityandofnumerous.Someexamples:itseemslikeyeasofseparationifwecouldn’tseeeachotherforjustaday.Amonganythreepeoplewalking,Iwillfindsomethingtolearnforsure,thesecanprovethatthreeisaluckynumberinChina.InGreekculture,sevenisasignificantnumber,usuallyregardasabringerofgoodluck.Theancientastrologersbelievedthatsevenplanetsgovernedtheuniverse,sothenumbersevenwasthesymbolofpower,studentsofShakespearewillrecallthatthelifeofamanwasdividedintosevenages,whenheisoneyearold,heisaking;whenheistwo,heisapig;heisasheepattheageoften;heisahorseattheageof18;aftermarring,heisadonkey;whenheisinmiddle-aged,heislikeadog;whenhebecomeanoldman,heislikeamonkey.Sevenhouseshoesnailedtoahousewillprotectitfromallevil.Andnineisaluckynumberasitistheproductofthreetimesthree.Butmanypeoplebelievethatgreatchangesoccurredevery7thand9thofaman’slife.C