Why are there so many 108?

Numbers are a way of expression in China, and China people attach their feelings to them. Every Spring Festival, the bell will ring 108. People arrive at 108, which is called "tea life", and "108" represents good luck. Digital phenomena like this can be seen everywhere around us.

BOCOG chose to hold the opening ceremony at 8 pm on August 8, 2008, which is also the application and inheritance of "auspicious day" culture. The homonym of "8" is "law", which is not only the law of getting rich, but also the law of development. This is a symbol of the pursuit of happiness.

"108" can be used as a symbol of Buddhism, which runs through the daily life and important things of Buddhism: there is 108 Buddha as the representative of Buddhist dharma body, that is, there is 108 Bodhisattva, so the temple rings the bell, recites the scriptures and plucks the pearls, all of which are 108 times to show its respect for the Buddha. The admiration for "108" was extended to 108 by the author of Water Margin, based on the fact that "thirty-six days of plough descended to earth, seventy-two earthworms descended to earth, causing a sensation of Gankun and spreading all over the Zhao family." (5) (Introduction) In this way, the so-called "providence" of Liangshan Uprising was expressed, and the justice of the Uprising was covered with the religious aura of "God helps". "Water Margin" makes the religious and even mythical color of "108" deeply rooted in people's hearts, and this auspicious figure is more loved by the Chinese nation.

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There is a folk saying: There is a 108 Buddha in the sky. Why is there a 108 general in The Legend of a Tiger in Mingshui? Shi Naian evolved from the theory that there are 108 stars, and each star is a Buddha.

Cao Xueqin's original * * * is 108, because: 9 is the pole of positive number, and 12 is the pole of negative number, and the multiplication of them is 108.

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Well, in the final analysis, it's a number superstition, both at home and abroad.