Everything was auspicious.
Regarded as the goddess of love, beauty and prosperity, Lakshmi, Kamla or Padma (Sanskrit words for lotus), the beloved consort of Vishnu, along with the dearly loved pot-bellied, elephant headed, auspicious god of the Hindu theogony, Siri Ganesha, is a presiding deity of the festival of lights.
Eight is a particularly auspicious number.
Eight is a particularly auspicious number.
When sticking the window decoration paper-cuts, people paste on the door large red Chinese character "fu"A red "fu"means good luck and fortune, so it is customary to post "fu"on doors or walls on auspicious occasions such as wedding, festivals.
This "auspicious" product also features an uncirculated $2 Federal Reserve note with a serial number beginning with "888," as 8 has long been regarded as the luckiest number in Chinese culture.
This phenomenon is known as dynamic soil-structure interaction (DSSI) and the Tower now holds the auspicious title of world record holder in DSSI effects.
This phenomenon is known as dynamic soil-structure interaction (DSSI) and the Tower now holds the auspicious title of world record holder in DSSI effects.
What fish should be chosen for the New Year feast is based on auspicious homophonics.
Sunday is a very auspicious day for lovers.
It is not only the state that wants an auspicious number for its important events; individuals also want to catch it for their babies.
During the recent Spring Festival holiday for example, friends and relatives traded "red envelopes" in auspicious amounts such as 88, which pronounced in Mandarin sounds like "get rich", and 520, which sounds like "I love you".
New parents and, critically, grandparents, will do anything to make sure their one baby is perfect, including selecting the right day and even hour for an auspicious birth.
Normally, there are 256 wrestlers participating in the banner-class wrestling contests and the wrestling attire is the strong processed cowskin vest, Mongolian boots, broad-crotch trousers and leggings with auspicious cloud patterns.
Rope, pronounced as 'Sheng', shared a similar pronunciation with the word for gods ("Shen" in Chinese),and when written, it looked like a dragon, an auspicious animal in Chinese culture; knots, in Chinese 'jie', means vigor, harmony, and unification.
Dragons are auspicious omen, for which Chinese people have an admiration that bordered on worship.
Even Number and Odd Numbers As a rule in day-to-day life in China, it is customary to regard even numbers as being more auspicious than odd numbers.
The most desired plates, which include the numbers 2 through 10 (1 is reserved for the police commissioner) and combinations of auspicious digits, are owned by some of the city's richest and most prominent people.
When sticking the window decoration paper-cuts, people paste on the door large red Chinese character "fu"A red "fu"means good luck and fortune, so it is customary to post "fu"on doors or walls on auspicious occasions such as wedding, festivals.
Now the banner is contained auspicious messages with will and harmony when the new year comes around.