Everyone has a favorite number, or a number that remembers something important in people's lives. But for some cultures, numbers are much more than just figures, they can be a symbol of luck., symbols that augur good fortunes or just the opposite.
For example, in China its magic number is 8. But what does the number 8 have that no other number has? Maybe it's the shape, since if you put the number 8 horizontally, it becomes the symbol of infinity. A very important symbol for many and also for the Chinese.
But if you want to know why China has a magic number and why it is that number and not another, then keep reading because you will be interested in everything I have to tell you. Maybe later after this you will also adopt this number as magic for yourself.
The magic number in China
China is a country with a lot of culture and history behind it. You just have to take into account all the ancient monuments that it has and how it has a traditional religion that continues to this day.
But just as they have a great history, it is also a culture that believes a lot in superstitions. People in Chinese culture feel that superstitions have great power and should not be ignored. What if they exist, it is for something and that is why they must be respected and taken into account in people's lives.
August 8st, 2008
On August 8, 2008, that is, on 08.08.08, a different feeling was awakened among all the inhabitants of China, in addition to the Olympics., they felt a certain fury something indescribable for them.
Many things happened this day in China that have to do with the number eight and with this unrepeatable day for them. The Chinese wanted to remember 08.08.08/XNUMX/XNUMX as the most important day of their lives, and that's why some unusual things happened.
At the olympic games
The number 8 has always been considered by Chinese culture as a number that symbolizes good fortune, good luck. This is because in the Mandarin language the number 8 sounds like "ba" and is very similar to how it is pronounced "enrichment." It was for this reason that that the Olympic Games were inaugurated on August 8, 2008 at 8 pm, 8 minutes and 8 seconds. Everything had to be perfect!
Pregnant women who wanted to have their children
However, this is not the only eccentricity of the Chinese regarding the number 8. In hospitals, many women who were pregnant asked their doctors to give birth to them or to perform a cesarean section that same day so that their children could born on the day of good fortune. But as is evident, due to many wishes of pregnant women for their children to be born on that day, the doctors did not give in to their requests since it is not something lawful to carry out.
Many couples got married
But as if that were not enough what I have told up to this point, it should be noted that many Pekingese couples, more than 16.400 were married that day. The objective was that the date 08.08.08 could appear on their marriage certificate, something that couples thought would undoubtedly bring a lot of luck to their married life.
So that all the couples who wanted could get married on this day the marriage registration districts of the main districts of Beijing (Chaoyang, Haidian, Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chongwen, Xuanwu, Fengtai and Shijingshan) they opened their offices at 12-hour hours that spanned no less than six in the morning until six in the afternoon. There were also extra staff to attend to all requests both physically and online. So couples who wanted to get married that day could do so quickly and without hindrance.
The magic of 8
You could say that 8 is the magic number for the Chinese, but it is also so for many people who think that 8 is the symbol of infinity and that this number can mean whatever one wants it to mean. 8 is the number of good luck for many and without a doubt magical for the Chinese.
In Chinese astrology there are 8 signs, in their government there are 8 imperial ministers, they have 8 cardinal points and also there are 8 cosmic mountains important to them. Many people try to have the number 8 present in their lives so that in this way, they can have greater fortune in their lives.
The number 9 is also important
The ancient Chinese regarded numbers as a mystical part of the universe. As a number is odd like 9, it will belong to the category "yang" representing strength and masculinity. In ancient China the number 1 represents the starting number, while the number nine represents infinity and the extremities, that is why the number 9 is also seen in many aspects of life in China. For example, in the royal palace or in monasteries, the doors, windows, stairs or accessories that existed were always multiples of nine or a number that contained 9.
For the Chinese, the even numbers belong to the category of "ying" and the odd ones to the "yang". The Chinese tend to see life diametrically. So when a change occurs in life it is usually the result of a change in its opposite. A symbol like the 9 that symbolizes the limbs in Chinese culture is also a warning, a turning point that must be taken into account in order to learn, grow, be reborn, change and transform.
In traditional Chinese culture, the number nine also has great meaning. Another example is that the ninth day of the ninth month has long been a very important festival in China. It is the festival known as the Double Yang Festival.