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The Yongbao Ankang tickets saw a surge of popularity on 9 September 2010. Tickets in Taiwan are printed with the date and time when entering the station. Since the year 2010 is year 99 on the
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In 2003, the Taiwan Railway Administration renamed Nanhe station to Fugui station in order to pair it with Ronghua station in a manner similar to "Yongbao Ankang".
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of the two characters could be interpreted as "happiness" and "country of love", respectively. The two stations then saw a surge of tourists seeking the tickets.
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Examples of auspicious train tickets in Taiwan. The station names are read in a way that carries lucky meanings.
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Given to students about to take a high school or university entrance exam.
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and shuffling the order of characters to reach the desired effect. In
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are sought by collectors and people wishing for good luck.
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and Aikoku Station carried an auspicious meaning. The
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Celebrating getting into National Taiwan University
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Chinese
pinyin
homophonic puns
Hokkien
Taiwan
Edmondson tickets
NHK
Obihiro, Hokkaido
Kōfuku Station
kanji
Bao'an railway station
Taiwan Railways Administration
Chinese
Yongkang railway station
Minguo calendar
incomplete
adding missing items
Yongkang
Bao'an
Zhuifen
Dadu
Chenggong
Guilai
mandatory military service
Dalin
Taipei
National Taiwan University
Hokkien
Daqing

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