What is the legend of giving lucky money during the Spring Festival? What is the meaning of giving lucky money during the Spring Festival?
Introduction: During the Spring Festival, the elders will give the younger generations lucky money. So, do you know what the meaning is when elders give New Year’s money to younger generations? What is the origin of the New Year’s money? Now, let’s follow the editor to learn about it. In addition to the grand and festive celebrations of the Spring Festival, we also need to pay attention to some taboos regarding the Spring Festival. Next, let’s take a closer look at the Spring Festival special topic compiled by Mr. Shui Mo!The legend of giving lucky money during the Spring FestivalTheory of GuardingLegend has it that there was a little demon called "Sui" in ancient times, with a black body and white hands. He came out on New Year's Eve every year and specifically touched the foreheads of sleeping children. After a child is touched, he will have a high fever and talk in his sleep. After the fever subsides, he will become a demented and crazy idiot. People were afraid that evil spirits would harm their children, so they kept lights on all night long and did not sleep, which was called "guarding against evil spirits."It is said that there was a family named Guan in Jiaxing Prefecture. The couple had a son in their old age and they cherished him very much. On New Year's Eve, in order to prevent the evil spirit from disturbing the children, the children would wrap eight copper coins in red paper, wrap and unwrap them, and then put the eight copper coins next to their pillows after going to bed. In the middle of the night, a gust of cold wind blew, and the short black man was about to touch the child's head with his white hand. Suddenly, a golden light burst out from the child's pillow, and the evil spirit screamed and ran away. So the story spread, and everyone followed suit, wrapping money in red paper and giving it to children on New Year's Eve, and the evil spirit dared not to bother them again. Therefore, people called this kind of money "Ya Sui money". "Sui" and "Sui" have the same pronunciation. Over time, it was called "Ya Sui money". Spring Festival Customs: Why do we give out lucky money during the Spring Festival?Suppressing fearAnother theory is that it originated from the ancient method of "suppressing shock". 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".Avoiding evilPeople believe that giving New Year's money to children can help them bribe evil spirits or the Nian to harm them, thus turning the bad luck into good luck.As for the role of "lucky money", even official history books such as "Zizhi Tongjian" have "proven" it. The twenty-sixth volume of the book talks about when Yang Guifei gave birth to a child, saying "Xuanzong went to see it in person, and was pleased to give Guifei gold and silver money for the baby's bath." The "money laundering for children" mentioned here is not only for congratulations, but more importantly for giving the son a talisman to ward off evil spirits. According to historical records, from the Han Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, the main purpose of elders giving new year money to younger generations during the Spring Festival was the same as Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty's "gifting money for washing children", which was to ward off evil spirits. Of course, the most powerful one is Qin Shihuang. The copper coin "Kong Fangxiong" minted by him has been the most popular for two thousand years. The reason why the copper coin "Brother Kong Fang" is so popular has a lot to do with its "round sky and square earth" shape, which comes from the "Book of Changes" "Tai Chi gives birth to two opposites, two opposites give birth to four images..." This shows that "money" has been endowed with "divine" colors and "magical" powers from its inception to its evolution. In this light, it is understandable that ordinary people use this item to "ward off evil spirits, cure diseases, and exorcise demons". Summary: Through the above article, we know the legend about giving New Year’s money during the Spring Festival and the meaning contained in the New Year’s money. I hope you will like these contents. I wish you all peace, health and good luck in the new year! After reading this article, there are more exciting content in the Spring Festival special topic, let’s take a look! |
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