In ‘Red: Growing up is a Beast’ Mei Lee’s grandmother claims she doesn’t like the number; understand why!
Fruit of the Disney and Pixar partnership, ‘Red: Growing is a Beast’ premiered in March 2022 to introduce Mei Lee, a 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian girl who, while dealing with puberty, new passions and conflicts with her mother, has having to learn to deal with the fact that she now turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets nervous or anxious. Quite a challenge, isn’t it?
However, with the support of her parents, her grandmother and other relatives, as well as the help of Mirian, Priya and Abby, her best friends, Mei Lee manages to find the perfect balance, even if the path to this discovery has been fraught with challenges. chaos and many hysterical delusions because of his favorite boyband, 4* Town.
Formed by Robaire, Aaron Z., Aaron T., Jesse and Tae Young, 4* Town is deeply adored by Mei and her friends, but suffers great disapproval from the girl’s mother, who thinks that the provocative attitudes and performances should not be allowed. applauded, even if this opinion in no way affects the girl’s love for boys.
In addition to her, Mei’s grandmother is also not very fond of the group, although the reason for this is different. That’s because Wu reveals on several occasions that she doesn’t like the number four, the number present in the group’s name. But, have you ever stopped to think about why Mei’s grandmother believes that the number 4 is bad luck?
The explanation
Unlike what it may seem to those who belong to Western culture, Wu’s belief about the unlucky number is not just a simple joke in the movie, as it is part of a Chinese superstition existing in the real world, being responsible even for modifying the functioning of some places in the Asian country.
The belief was established that the Chinese words for “four” and “death” sound similar in pronunciation, see: the word for “four” in Chinese is “四”, and sounds like “Sì”, while the word for “death” or “to die” is “死”, it is pronounced “Sǐ”, showing that there is only a slight difference in intonation.
Due to the similarity, the Chinese believe that the number carries negative energies, or even the spirit of death itself, so they try to have as little contact as possible with this number, and it is common for the number four not to be present in common situations of the year. day to day, such as entering an elevator in a building, where the floor count can jump from three to five, as there is no fourth floor.
Still, according to Destino China, Chinese tradition meant that Citroen’s C4 model was changed to C”quatre”, where the number four is written in French, so that sales in the Chinese country would not be affected.
It is also worth remembering that this superstition is not applied only among those born Chinese, since it is seen in several cultures and countries in East Asia, such as Korea, Japan and Taiwan, as shown by ScreenRant.
Source: Recreio
