In daily life, Chinese don’t treat 9 as an inauspicious number, but when it is some connection with your age, such as when you are 19, 29 or 49, etc. People especially in South China think that you should be more careful in that year. They think that during this year, you are fragile to diseases, accidents, and other bad luck. The mother in the family may try to buy you red underwear to avoid bad luck. Also, the mother will become more worried if there are 2 people’s age has nine in that year, such as you are 19 and your father is 49, your mother may take you to the temple to pray for good luck.