Lucky Numbers



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Chinese has a strong fascination with numbers. If your birthday or any other important events like marriage contains any number that have 8, 9, 3, or even 5 then you are considered to have a very auspicious date. So if you are planning to get marry on this year of 2008 then this is a very good year for you especailly if you  marry on August 8, 2008 ( 8-8-2008). That date, as you can see, have three 8′s. The number 3 (3 is believed to mean good health) is a great number and 8 (8 is believed to bring good fortune) is even better.

You might have difficulty booking a place to hold your wedding celebration if you live in an area with large Chinese population. In Beijing alone, there were more then 9,000 couples registered to wed on August 8, 2008. Almost all of the restaurants in New York City Chinatown are booked to hold wedding banquet.

As most of you know, the Olympics starts on August 8, 2008 but do you know that the start time is exactly at 8:08:08 China standard time. That is a lot of eights.

Beijing Olympic organizers hope that starting the Olympics’ opening ceremony at 8:08:08 p.m. on 8-8-2008 will help smooth the way for the games, which have been troubled by human rights concerns, organizational hiccups and natural disasters elsewhere in China. They also hope by starting the game on this date will bring them luck and fortune in terms of getting gold medals and success in holding the game.

While Western believes in number have their roots in religious traditions, the Chinese believe whether a number is lucky or not is determined by their homonyms.

Check out Wikipedia for a list of lucky and unlucky numbers and what they mean.

July 18, 2008 | Filed Under Ramblings | 5 Comments 

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