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Stack of 36 lottery tickets. Written in Chinese, with "Sun Set Co., 8 P.M." and "$12,000 Limited" in English. The characters on the tickets are excerpted from ancient Chinese literature "The Thousand Character Classic" which is a one-thousand-character poem, used as a primer for teaching Chinese characters to children. The excerption is the same on every lottery ticket, and the meaning is: The sky was black and the earth was yellow, The universe was vast and had a dark whole. The sun rises and sets and the moon is regularly round, Stars spread high above without a toll. Cold and heat come and go, Fall harvest and storing for winter people know. Intercalary days and months are fixed to make a year, When clouds rise and meet cold, there will soon be a rain, When dew drops congeal, they become frost in the main. Gold is found in the Li River, Jade is found in the Kunlun Mountains. The most famous sword is called Juque, The most precious pearl is known as Yueguang. Plum and a certain kind of apple are among best fruits, Important vegetables include mustard and ginger. Sea water is salty while river water is fresh, Fishes swim in water while birds fly in the air. Longshi, Huodi, Niaoguan and Renhuang, as legend goes, Were celebrities of China's remote ages.
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2009.012.016