Today is opening ceremony for Beijing Olympics. The day it is starts is significant for Chinese because of repetition of number eight (08-08-2008). The word for "eight" in Mandarin sounds similar to the word which means "prosper" or "wealth". In regional dialects the words for "eight" and "fortune" are also similar, eg Cantonese "baat" and "faat". Couple of cool Olympic maps in honer of the day. The image below is a Soviet post envelope dedicated to Moscow Olimpics back in 1980. Moscow was my home town during that time.
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