When did the term congratulations on your fortune originate

. "Congratulations, congratulations! is the usual congratulatory phrase used by people when paying New Year's greetings. The phrase "恭喜发财" first appeared in a foreigner's book on Chinese customs. In 1826, the Englishman William Henderson came to Guangzhou. In 1826, an Englishman, William Henderson, came to Guangzhou to work in a foreign bank run by Americans. At that time, during New Year's Eve, some Chinese people in Guangzhou, who made their living by doing foreign business, went to the foreigners' houses in an endless stream to pay New Year's greetings, bowing with both hands and chanting, "Congratulations to Fat Choy, congratulations to Fat Choy! The Chinese people were very happy to see the foreigners in their business halls. Afterwards, William Henderson wrote about what he had seen in China. Afterwards, William Henderson wrote a book on what he saw and heard in China, "Foreigners in Guangzhou", in which he recounted this New Year's Day custom, and the phrase "恭喜发财" was then spread both at home and abroad. After the congratulations of "Congratulations on your fortune," children would then shout "Red packets, red packets, red packets, red packets! It seems to be an indispensable rite of passage for Chinese people to get red envelopes. Red envelopes indicate joy and good fortune, and since the origin of red envelopes, every time when there is a Chinese New Year festival or a happy event, lanterns are always decorated with red couplets and red candles are lighted, so that the whole hall is red to indicate good fortune. As early as in ancient times, ancient people used yellow, black and white to represent festivities, until the Han Dynasty, when Han Gaozu called himself "the son of the Red Emperor", and from then on, red became a festive color for the general public, and after the Han Dynasty, the hobby of red for festivities in all parts of China has been inherited to the present day. In essence, the red envelopes given in the New Year's money, also derived from the court. According to the "Kaiyuan Tianbao", "During the Tianbao years of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the concubines of the court would throw money at each other in groups of three or five on the day of the first day of spring". It was at this time that the New Year's money for children began, and it was called "child-washing money" at that time. According to the Ziji Tongjian, "When Yang Guifei gave birth to a child, Emperor Xuanzong went to see her in person, and was delighted to give her gold and silver money for washing the child." This is why there are elders to the newborn child to remove the evil blessing of the wash child money, and later this custom spread widely to the folk as a custom. The custom of scattering money and washing children's money on the day of Spring Festival in the palace was mixed together and has evolved into the highlight of the New Year's Eve dinner, which is the "New Year's money" given to the children by the elders or the "red envelopes" given to the adults to support their parents or to bless each other for the sake of good luck. Whether it is New Year's money or red envelopes, it is a blessing ceremony for people to communicate with each other in the world. The amount of money does not matter how much it is, but what is more important is that family members and friends can get together, eat New Year's Eve dinner safely and healthily, and talk about sweet memories with each other over tea, which is the kind of happiness that cannot be purchased by people with red envelopes. In fact, the heart of wealth everyone has, and has long been there. In the pre-Qin Dynasty, there are nearly "congratulations on wealth" words and phrases, such as "Analects" interpretation: "respect, close to the ritual; happy, as if the blessing." Another example is "Li Ji - University" in the "way of life and wealth", "Han Fei Zi - Lust" in the "more money, good Jia" and so on have become congratulatory language. Xunzi said, "Good words with others are warmer than cloth and silk; hurtful words are deeper than spears and halberds." And also said: "Giving words to others is more important than gold and stone." "Congratulations on your wealth" is also a very good wish. "Congratulations" is the hope that the other side of the wealth, to the road to happiness, but the hair is not rich, and not decided on a blessing words, it is a result of many factors **** with the role of the results.