September, the largest rice harvest season in North America, is National Rice Month. However, in Japan🇯🇵 and Korea🇰🇷, where rice is the staple food, August 18th is designated as Rice Day, because Japan and Korea believe that the number 8️⃣ represents rice.🍚
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米, This Chinese character, which means rice, is originally an hieroglyphic character modeled after the shape of rice ears with numerous grains attached to it, but looking only at the shape of the letter, rice is composed of the sum of two '八', which means a number 8️⃣, and a ‘十’, which means a number 10. This was extended to mean that it would go through 88 processes from a rice plant to rice. As such, for Asians who eat rice as a staple food, rice is a symbol of the result of overcoming hardships. In addition, rice is an indispensable grain and source of power for Asians to the extent that it symbolizes life, patience, humility, sharing, consideration, love, affection, health, and abundance.🍙
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