In the eyes of Feng Shui practitioners, the office or shop address number is very meaningful. 2, 5, 8, 9, and 10 are auspicious numbers: 2 means easy, 5 means in harmony with the five elements, 6 means wealth, 8 means wealth, 9 means longevity, and 10 means certainty.

Thus, an address like No. 2, 8, and 9 has the meaning: "easy to get rich in the long term", or

"Business will prosper for a long time". On the contrary, 7 and 4 mean:

"Surely perish", or

"The business is definitely not successful". The number 4 is unusual in Cantonese because it sounds like it

The word "death". The number 1 is also not uncommon, although it is not necessarily unlucky. Chinese always prefer numbers in even numbers because they indicate pairs and avoid loneliness.

Although the number 3 sounds like in Cantonese

The word "alive", but it's not particularly auspicious. However, some people prefer to exert themselves, such as using 3,7373 in 7373

"Affirmative survival". The meaning of the name of the store, the signboard The placement of the store signboard and the name of the store are important.

The signboard must be hung at an auspicious time that coincides with the shopkeeper's New Year. Smooth (meaning smooth sailing), Guangli (great success), Guangyi (great gain), auspicious (good luck).

On the other hand, if the name of the store implies no luck, business will not prosper. in order to

Stores with the name "Unprofitable" are doomed to close. Some Feng Shui practitioners use the five elemental precepts to give their shops a proper name.

The following table gives some common words and the relationship between their five elements, which can be used as a reference for those who know. Water, Fire, Wood, Gold, Earth, Wealth, Guishang, Huangtang, Guan Shengyu, Hongle, Guangsi, Anfu, Jingongxia, Wubidian, Kongchang, Wangdang, the five elements (and the words related to them) are matched in the following combinations, and when the name of the store is formed, the combination of the five elements has both good and bad meanings.

The names of these combinations are auspicious: Water + Wood (the nourishment of water makes wood grow) Wood + Fire (the increase of wood makes the fire more prosperous) Fire + Earth (Fire makes the earth pure) Earth + Jin (gold is protected by the earth) Jin + Water (gold makes the water rich) The names of such combinations are unfavorable: Water + Fire (Water makes water extinguish) Fire + Jin (Fire Ke Jin) Jin + Mu (wood will be covered by earth) Earth + Water (water disappears in the earth) Some Feng Shui practitioners like to name their shops in Chinese characters written by certain strokes.

Characters with singular strokes are yin, and words with even strokes are yang. For example, the Chinese characters are yin and yang.

Shops named with Chinese characters in singular/even (yin/yang) order are considered auspicious, and this arrangement is in the order of yang/yin, yin/yin/yang, yin/yang/yang.

The order of inauspiciousness includes: Yin/Yang/Yin and Yang/Yin/Yang.