Hello! On New Year's Eve, children will get lucky money from their elders. Why should children be given lucky money during the Spring Festival? Here is a widely circulated story. Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a small demon with black hands and white body named Chong who came out to harm people every New Year's Eve. It touched the head of the sleeping child three times with its hand, and the child cried with fear. Then he had a fever, talked nonsense and got sick from then on. After a few days, the fever subsided, but the clever child became a dementia fool. People are afraid that fetishism will harm children, so they sit up with lights on, which is called "fetishism". In Jiaxing, there is a family named Guan, and the husband and wife have a son in their later years, which is regarded as the apple of their eye. On New Year's Eve, I forced them to play for fear that they would harm the children. The child wrapped eight copper coins in red paper, opened them, opened them again, and played until he fell asleep. Eight wrapped copper coins are placed on the pillow. The couple didn't dare to close their eyes and stayed with their children all night. In the middle of the night, a strong wind blew the door open and blew out the lights. When the little black boy touched the child's head with his bare hands, a light broke into the child's pillow. Chong hurriedly withdrew his hand and ran away screaming. Mr. and Mrs. Guan told everyone that wrapping eight copper coins in red paper was to scare away those special people. Everyone also learned to wrap eight copper coins in red paper and put them on pillows after the children's New Year's Eve. Sure enough, I never dare to hurt children again. It turned out that these eight copper coins were exchanged by the Eight Immortals, which helped the children secretly scare away the admirers. Therefore, people call this kind of money "lucky money", and because of the homonym of "worship" and "year old", it is called "lucky money" over time. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was called lucky money. What elders give their children is also called lucky money. "So some places call giving children lucky money' string money'. In modern times, it has evolved into a kind of red paper wrapped in 100 copper coins, which is given to the younger generation, meaning "long life". "For an adult mistress, put a silver dollar in a red paper bag, which means" one book is profitable ". After the currency is changed to paper money, the elders like to go to the bank to change their children into new paper money with face numbers, wishing them "promotion step by step". In the history of our country, there were lucky money very early. The earliest lucky money is also called "winning money" or "winning money". This kind of money is not the currency circulating in the market, but a coin-shaped exorcism product specially cast for wearing and appreciating. This kind of wearing article in the form of coins first appeared in the Han Dynasty. Some coins have characters on them, and all kinds of auspicious characters are cast on the front, such as "Long live the Millennium", "Peace in the world" and "Eliminating disasters and eliminating evil". On the back, dragons and phoenixes, turtles and snakes, Pisces, swords and stars are cast. In the Tang Dynasty, the court was in vogue for issuing money in spring. At that time, the Spring Festival was "beginning of spring Day", and it was a day of mutual worship in the palace. There was no such custom among the people. Twenty-six volumes of Zi Tong Zhi Jian record that Yang Guifei gave birth to a child. "Xuanzong personally saw it and gladly gave her gold and silver money to wash the child." The money for washing children mentioned here is not only a congratulatory message, but also an amulet given to newborns by their elders to ward off evil spirits. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, beginning of spring was replaced by the first day of the first month, which was called the Spring Festival. Many customs originally belonging to beginning of spring have also been transferred to the Spring Festival. The custom of giving money in spring has evolved into the custom of giving children lucky money. The Chronicle of Yanjing written by Dunchong, Fu Cha in the Qing Dynasty recorded the lucky money in this way: "It is called lucky money to wear money with colored ropes, weave it into a dragon shape and put it at the foot of the bed. Children are given by elders. Also known as lucky money. "In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most lucky money was given to children with red ropes. After the Republic of China, it evolved into wrapping 100 copper coins in red paper, which means "long life" and giving lucky money to adult generations. Red paper is wrapped in an ocean, symbolizing "abundant financial resources" and "millions of profits". After money is changed into paper money, parents like to choose new paper money with related figures for their children, because the homonym of "Lian" and "Lian" indicates that future generations will "get rich again and again" and "get promoted again and again". From the above description, we can easily find that the custom of lucky money has a long history. It represents a good blessing from the elders to the younger generation. It is an amulet given to children by elders. I wish them good health and good luck in the new year. On New Year's Eve, every child can get lucky money. The earliest lucky money appeared in the Han dynasty, also known as winning money. It is not circulated in the market, but cast as an ornamental in the form of coins, which has the function of avoiding evil spirits. Coins are generally engraved with auspicious characters such as "Long live the Millennium" and "Eliminate disasters and ward off evil spirits" and auspicious patterns such as dragons, phoenixes, tortoise snakes and Pisces. Thank you! References:
Chinese folk