The Chinese people's numbers

There is no any other country in the world like China where people are so fascinated about numbers. The fact that people in the Northern part of the country like the Number "4" lies that the the Northern Chinese pronunciation of the number has a similar pronunciation with that of Happiness, however, in many other part of China the same number "4" it has a similar pronunciaton with the word death, so many people try to avoid their mobile No. ending up with it. People like the number"8" is because it has a similar pronunciation with that of "Fa", which in Chinese means a good fortune or earning a lot of money. Although numbers has no meaning, it reflects the Chinese people's good wish for the a better life.