Meeting parents on New Year's Eve, you should know about these Teochew gift-giving customs

--Have you bought your New Year's gifts yet?

Colleague Xin asked, this year's New Year, she is ready to go home with her boyfriend for New Year's Eve, is worrying about buying gifts ......

The Spring Festival has always been a big day of reunion in Chinese history, and many people will put the big event of meeting parents on this important day. The "ugly daughter-in-law" heart began to burn, especially non-Chaoshan children to meet the Chaoshan parents is doubly apprehensive ......

Jiajia is my classmate in the next class in college, one year the Spring Festival, she took advantage of the opportunity to take her boyfriend to play in Chaoshan, and let his boyfriend meet the parents by the way. By the way, the boyfriend to meet the parents.

? Under the high-speed rail, looking almost to the door of the house, Jiajia's boyfriend asked said, is not it time to buy something? Jiajia does not want to boyfriend mess spending, said no la, the results of Jiajia's boyfriend just in the roadside to buy three or four apples, went to the ......

? So a trip to meet the parents, not only to Jia Jia angry, back to us also laughed

Jia Jia's boyfriend can be described as a strange, in fact, no matter whether it is to see the parents of the man or woman, meet the gift is essential, of course, does not necessarily have to be very expensive, but there must be the heart, because we look at is a respect.

It is often said that women are a kind of mouth is not the animal, sometimes it is true, she said on the surface with you don't need it, don't spend money, in fact, still hope that you can use the action or heart to their parents to show respect.

So, to all the baby's advice is that the New Year's Eve to see the parents, the first time can not be rude, it is best to let the other half to help you choose gifts, because they are the most understanding of their parents.

Then in addition to picking a gift, there are some customary taboos to give you

Good things come in pairs

? As the saying goes, "good things come in pairs", this will have a more profound experience in the great Chaoshan, the new year's money must be an even number, the wedding gift should also be given an even number of things to worship the gods to be an even number of things to ...... So we must remember the Spring Festival gift giving, even if it's just a door-to-door Snack packs, it is best to prepare a double.

Great luck

Citrus, also known as "Daji" in Chaoshan, during the Spring Festival, the Chaoshan people in every household will be set up on a plate of large citrus, which implies that the New Year great luck. At the same time, the Spring Festival to relatives and friends home visits to pay tribute to the New Year will certainly bring a pair of large mandarin oranges, and then exchanged with friends, on behalf of the New Year together with the good luck and big money.

I remember when I was a kid on New Year's Eve, I would always go with a large group of friends to visit the New Year's Eve, and then everyone was clutching a pair of mandarin oranges in their hands, and every time they went to a house to exchange for a pair of mandarin oranges, one day down the road, some of the small friends of the big mandarin oranges became small mandarin oranges, some of the small mandarin oranges turned into big mandarin oranges. ......

Last but not least, I would like to give everyone a chance to Sprinkle a wave of mandarin oranges, wish you all great luck~