How much should we give as New Year’s money? What are the sayings about it?
How much should we give as New Year’s money? What are the sayings about it? The happiest thing for children during the Spring Festival is to receive red envelopes. If you want to know more related content, please search in the 2019 Spring Festival special topic carefully compiled by Shuimoxiansheng.com!How much New Year’s money should be given?In folk culture, lucky money symbolizes warding off evil spirits and blessing peace. The original purpose of giving lucky money was to suppress evil and ward off evil spirits. Because people believe that children are easily harmed by evil spirits, they use New Year's money to ward off evil spirits. New Year’s money is just for good luck, and there is no strict regulation on how much money to give. It depends on each family’s own habits. Historically, there are many kinds of New Year's money, which are usually distributed by elders to younger generations during the countdown to the New Year to ward off evil spirits. It contains the elders' concern and sincere blessings for the younger generations. The other type is the New Year’s money given by younger generations to the elderly. The “Sui” in this New Year’s money refers to age, and it is meant to express the hope that the elderly will live a long life.What are some common sayings about lucky money?1. Suppressing the evil spirit <br /> Legend has it that in ancient times there was a little demon called "Sui", with a black body and white hands. It would come out to harm people on New Year's Eve every year. People were afraid that the evil spirit would harm their children, so they lit up the lights and sat up all night, which was called "guarding against the evil spirit". In Jiaxing Prefecture there was a family named Guan. The couple had a son in their old age and regarded him as the apple of their eye. On New Year’s Eve, they played with their children for fear that evil spirits would harm them. The child wrapped eight copper coins in red paper, unwrapped and rewrapped them, and played with them until he went to bed. He then placed the eight copper coins next to his pillow. The couple dared not close their eyes and stayed by their child's side all night long. In the middle of the night, a strong wind blew open the door and blew out the lights. When the short black man touched the child's head with his white hand, a bright light suddenly appeared beside the child's pillow. The evil spirit quickly retracted its hand and ran away screaming. The Guan couple told everyone how they scared away the evil spirit by wrapping eight copper coins in red paper. Everyone also learned to wrap eight copper coins in red paper and give them to the children to put next to their pillows after the New Year’s Eve dinner. Sure enough, the evil spirit never dared to harm the children again. Therefore, people call this money "money to ward off evil spirits". Because "祟" (suì) and "岁" (sui) are homophones, it has become known as "lucky money" over the years. The money for children is called "Ya Sui Money", while the money for the elderly is called "Ya Sui Money". The “lucky money” given to the elderly is meant for them to stop getting older and live longer.2. Suppressing the fright <br /> Derived from the ancient “suppressing the fright”. It is said that in ancient times there was a ferocious beast called "Nian", which would come out at night every 365 days to harm humans, animals and crops. Children are afraid, so adults light firecrackers to drive away "Nian" and comfort the children with food, which is called "suppressing the fright". As time went by, it evolved into using currency instead of food, and by the Song Dynasty, there was "money to calm the nerves". According to historical records, Wang Shaozi was traveling south and was carried away by bad guys. He screamed on the way and was rescued by the imperial carriage. Song Shenzong awarded him the "golden rhinoceros coin to calm his nerves". Later it developed into "lucky money". 3. Winning Money "Victory coins" originated in the Western Han Dynasty and were minted until the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, but were not circulated on the market. The front of the coins usually had auspicious words such as "Long live the emperor" and "Get rid of disasters and eliminate evil" and auspicious patterns such as dragons and phoenixes, turtles and snakes, and Pisces. It is an ancient coin used as a lucky item or ward off evil spirits by the Han people. As an ornament worn by children, its original meaning was mainly to suppress evil spirits and ward off disasters, and to celebrate and pray for blessings. "Lucky money" was also used as baby bathing money (money given to children after their one-month-old baby's bath), and later evolved into "lucky money" for the Spring Festival. |
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