What does New Year's lucky money mean?

Lucky money is a custom of Han nationality, which means to ward off evil spirits and protect peace. The original intention of lucky money is to suppress evil and drive away evil. Because people think that children are vulnerable to furtive attacks, they use lucky money to suppress evil spirits, help children celebrate the New Year safely, and wish them health, luck and peace in the new year.

When visiting the New Year during the Spring Festival, the elders should put the lucky money prepared in advance into red envelopes and distribute it to the younger generation. It is said that lucky money can kill evil spirits, because "old" and "special" are homophonic, and the younger generation can spend a year safely with lucky money. Lucky money is generally distributed to the younger generation by the elders during the countdown to the New Year, indicating lucky money (lucky money).

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The custom of lucky money has changed.

With the emergence of the situation that elders give their children an ocean during the Spring Festival, the meaning of lucky money has changed a lot. Since then, the function of "avoiding evil spirits" of lucky money has gradually come to an end, and its new "inspirational" functions, such as "one book for all", "expanding financial resources" and "rising step by step", have emerged.

The custom of elders giving lucky money to younger generations is still popular in modern times. Most of these lucky money are used by children to buy books, school supplies and daily necessities, and are taken away by their parents or deposited in the bank. The new fashion has given new content to the lucky money.

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