Wen 丨 Jing Ma said, original content.
Spring Festival, is one of the most solemn traditional festivals in China, and there are many exquisite about the Spring Festival, "giving pressure money" is one of them, as a new year's blessing for the elders to the juniors.
However, there is also a lot of attention to the time of "giving pressure money".
Some places are Chinese New Year's Eve given at night, and some places are given in the morning of the first day of the first year, and yesterday I talked about this problem with my family and discussed it for half a day.
Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and then we will talk about this problem together: the New Year to the child to press the old money, in the end what time to give the best.
Statement 1. Chinese New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year's Eve nights) to give the child money
Giving "old money" is not only a custom, but also related to a myth that has been passed down to this day.
"Pressing age" is actually "pressing chong" in the story, every year on the thirtieth night, "chong" will come out to hurt children, and later someone found that putting the copper money wrapped in red paper under the child's pillow can scare "Chong" away and ensure the safety of children, so every household does this.
Such customs have been passed down from generation to generation, but slowly evolved into "New Year's Money".
Although many people may not know this story now, this custom of sending good wishes has been passed down.
As a parent's New Year's wish to their children, they "wrap a red envelope" for their children during the New Year, hoping that "the children will be healthy and safe in the new year".
Statement 2. Give your child money on the morning of the first day of the first year
As customs pass from generation to generation, the specifics will slowly change over time.
In the story, copper coins are placed under the pillows of children.
When I was a child, I gave paper money directly, and it was to give brand new money, usually going to the bank to exchange new money, or the newer paper money I usually encountered was left to wait for the New Year to press the children's money.
So no matter how much, as long as you receive a brand new money, you are very happy.
Now scientific and technological progress, living standards improve, give more and more pressure money, and even some families give tens of thousands of years to their children every year, bundle after bundle, such as these days on the Internet let netizens across the screen are sour a video, is a grandfather in Henan to the grandson, granddaughter sent 300,000 years of pressure money, is a bundle as thick as a brick.
Moreover, with the emergence of electronic payment, many people have gradually developed from giving paper money to giving electronic red envelopes, which is more convenient and convenient.
In the story, Chinese New Year's Eve pressed under the child's pillow before going to bed at night.
Now most of the thirty nights greet the arrival of the New Year in various ways, such as eating Chinese New Year's Eve meals, watching the Spring Festival Gala, various entertainment methods, etc., and the time to press the new year money is slowly postponed to the morning of the first day.
However, the emphasis in different places is still different, some places to get up very early, the juniors first give the elders "New Year's greetings", such as prostrating, saying New Year's wishes, etc., and then the elders give the juniors a red envelope, hoping that the juniors will have money to spend every day in the new year, and there is no shortage of money in the year.
But there are also some places that may be given in advance, such as the aforementioned "Grandpa who issued pressure money in Henan", that is, given in advance years ago; some were given in the morning after breakfast in the first year, or given when the juniors went to the door to visit the New Year.
In short, the custom of "pressing the old money" is still retained, as a sense of festival ceremony in the traditional festival, it is the most anticipated thing for children in this festival, and parents are not willing to disappoint their children, and also make the festival more atmospheric.
But the form is slowly very casual, the time to press the old money is not fixed, how much is not fixed, and there is not so much emphasis, but as a blessing from the elders to the younger generations in the new year, it is passed down from generation to generation.
In life, most children receive money for the age, which is "empty joy", because the money cannot really be carried in their pockets, but the parents "keep it for them" for various reasons.
In the movie "Peppa Pig Over the Year", there is a plot about "the child who presses the old money or the parents take care of it", and finally gives the old money to dumplings and his sister, who use the old age money to buy different gifts for their families.
In fact, I personally feel that since it is a "New Year's greeting" for children, it is reasonable for parents to "manage", but it is not emotional for parents to control them privately.
Although children may not yet be able to do a good job of "financial management" of the money, parents can guide it correctly from one side.
1. Parents take care of it on their behalf, and when the child buys something later, he will take it out for "special funds".
When I was a child, the elders gave me money for the press, that is, put it in a piggy bank bought by my mother, and what I needed to buy at the beginning of the new semester was to buy it with my own pressure money.
If the child's pressure is not much, you can also use this way, not necessarily to put your own piggy bank, after all, now the pressure of the old money is mostly more, you can also parents are first kept, and then the child wants to buy what to discuss the flower, but also to help cultivate the child's management ability to money.
2. Get a dedicated savings card for your child and deposit every year's money.
This is a more meaningful approach, when the child grows up, and then give this money to the child at the right time, it will be a lot of money, which is equivalent to helping the child manage the money in a financial way.
Regarding "giving children money", do you think it is Chinese New Year's Eve give children the first day of the New Year at night? The child receives the same, how do you think it is better to "deal with"? All are welcome to share your views.
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