Sometimes numbering is also a marketing strategy of merchants, which gives consumers an illusion and sells well. In other words, when buying shoes, you have to queue up at the merchant to get the number, and only with this number can you qualify to buy this shoe.
Sometimes the number of rows also refers to the horizontal stowage position of containers on special ships. The numbering method is from the bow to the stern: 0 1, 02,03. ...
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In the field of dialectology, "Paihao" is a very important cultural vocabulary.
China used to follow the family naming method of "surname+serial number+first name", and the names of some generations often contained "serial number". Those people with the same "serial number" are regarded as brothers regardless of age difference.
"Rank number" is the true feature of China, and its positive significance is conducive to the establishment of family blood relationship, the cohesion of people and cultural inheritance, and it can also avoid inbreeding to some extent.
Gao 'an dialect also calls "Paihao" "Paihao", which means that it is hoped that future generations will be as tall as Hsinchu.
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Baidu encyclopedia-paihao