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.
Powerful And Emotional Cartoon
“…I have been crying my eyes out in the past three days, I have never felt more proud of my country and people… their love, courage and kindness rock me to my core! I have decided to tell these touching stories by drawing comics. I am going to send you comic strips almost everyday from now on, I hope you could know something about the earthquake in China…”
These are quotes taken from an introduction written by Coco Wang, a Chinese comic artist for the powerful and emotional comic strip she created about the aftermath of the Sichuan Earthquake that took place on May 12, 2008.
According to BBC News, more then 70,000 people are dead, nearly 20,000 people are missing, and more then five million are missing.
Each comic strip is based on a true story that took place after earthquake.
The comic strips are very powerful. After reading it, it can leave a person feeling a mixture of sadness, happiness, and hope all combined in one emotional feeling.
On the website is an introduction written by Coco Want and on the right are the links to the “Earthquake Strip”.
The strips are short and straight to the point. So take a moment and check it out.
Below is one of the six strips from Coco Wang’s comic strip that you could check out. Click on the image to enlarge.
For more comic strip, click here!
The sixth strip of Coco Wang’s 5.12 EARTHQUAKE STRIPS : My Father Is A Hero
(Click on Image to Enlarge)
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