Eight people in a vessel represent "big boat" in Chinese. Very interesting Chinese characters reflect a possible past knowlege of Noah's Ark as well as about the garden of Eden where the first man lived before falling to the temptation of the evil one. These characters should help every Chinese consider that the Bible from a new perspective and understand that Jesus is the way for them to be saved. KJV God is good! Scholars know beyond doubt that Babylon also has a story of a world wide flood. Here is another very intersting link to information on a historic world wide flood which was also recorded in ancient Babylonian sources.
Frank Lorey, Impact #285: The Flood of Noah and the Flood of Gilgamesh", Institute for Creation Research, El Cajon, CA (1997) Online at: http://www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-285.htm