BEIJING: With the number eight believed to bring happiness and fortune in Chinese culture, today (08-08-08) becomes particularly auspicious for the youth of this country, who will register a record number of marriages.

Thousand of people of china are interested to get married on 8 th of august and the application forms for register marriage on 8 th has already been booked. Apart from this 8 is a lucky number to china .8 literally means that it will bring money to your home. So that is also a reason for them to get marry on that particular day and also Olympic starts on that day so they are very excited to get married on that particular day .

Li Jun, among those who will be officially married on 8 th of august, told “Eight is such an auspicious number, and with the opening of the Beijing Olympics, the whole nation will be celebrating with this.”

“Having 08-08-08 stamped on my marriage certificate will make it extra special,” says a couple.