Wednesday, December 26, 2018

FLOOR NUMBERING IN ELEVATORS IN EAST ASIA


Because the Chinese, Sino-Japanese, Sino-Korean and Sino-Vietnamese word for four sounds quite similar to the word for death, floor numbers containing a 4 are often skipped in buildings, ranging from hotels to offices to apartments, as well as hospitals.


ELEVATOR PANEL IN BUILDING IN CHINA

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