Issued as part of China's ongoing auspicious culture commemorative program, which the People's Bank of China has used since the early 2000s to codify traditional folk symbolism into legal tender. The 80 yuan face value is a deliberate choice — in Chinese tradition, eight is the luckiest single digit, associated with prosperity through its phonetic resemblance to the word for fortune in Cantonese and Mandarin alike.
Issued as part of China's ongoing auspicious culture commemorative program, which the People's Bank of China has used since the early 2000s to codify traditional folk symbolism into legal tender. The 80 yuan face value is a deliberate choice — in Chinese tradition, eight is the luckiest single digit, associated with prosperity through its phonetic resemblance to the word for fortune in Cantonese and Mandarin alike.