Auspicious train tickets[1] (Chinese: 吉祥語車票; pinyin: Jíxiángyǔ Chēpiào) refer to train tickets with auspicious messages on them derived from the beginning and end stations on the ticket. Messages often employ homophonic puns in both Mandarin and Hokkien and shuffling the order of characters to reach the desired effect. In Taiwan, the Edmondson tickets are sought by collectors and people wishing for good luck.[1][2]
- ^ a b Wan, Yu-chen; Xie, Dennis (5 February 2020). "Popular auspicious train tickets to go on sale again". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ 許俊偉; 黃文博 (17 February 2020). "火車凸台灣一圈 悠遊慢活一下" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). China Times. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.