Why do the elders send new year's money to the younger generation on Chinese New Year?

The New Year's money, also known as the pressure of the money, one of the customs of the New Year's festival, is distributed by the elders to the younger generation, after the New Year's Eve dinner, the elders will be prepared in advance the New Year's money to be distributed to the younger generation, it is said that the pressure of the New Year's money can be suppressed, the younger generation to get the pressure of the New Year's money can be peaceful and safe through the year.

The New Year's Eve money is a symbol of protection against evil spirits and blessings in folk culture. The original purpose of New Year's money is to suppress evil and drive away evil spirits. It was believed that children were vulnerable to ghosts and spirits, so the money was used to ward off evil spirits and spirits. The money is given by the elders to the younger ones during the countdown to the New Year, which means that the money is used to suppress the evil spirits. It contains the concern and sincere blessing of the elders to the younger generation. It is one of the traditional customs.

Expanded Information

"New Year's money" of the emotional component, sense of gratitude and awareness of blessings gradually faded, many people will be the amount of New Year's money as a kind of comparison with each other tool. Instead of the child's deep blessing, but the bad material indoctrination and the stench of smoke, which should be corrected in a timely manner.

With the red envelope getting thicker and thicker, the New Year's money has become a burden for many families. The new year's money is more of a blessing, contains a special heart, should return to the essence of the new year's money. Many children also take "getting more money" as an important goal, without a sense of gratitude and appreciation.

There are two kinds of New Year's money, one is a colorful rope threaded into a dragon shape, placed at the foot of the bed, which is recorded in the "Yanking Yearly Record"; the other is the most common, that is, wrapped in red paper by the parents of the money given to the children. The money can be given in public after the younger generation pays their respects, or it can be secretly placed under the child's pillow when the child is asleep on New Year's Eve.

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