Visit relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year.
It was supposed to be a festive event, but for Ms. Zhao in Hunan, it was "a lot of pressure".
There are many relatives in her hometown, and she gave a total of 16 children New Year's money, 500 yuan per person, a total of 8,000 yuan.
I was busy last year, and my year-end bonus was only 7,200 yuan.
The Spring Festival gave the New Year's money, and it spent all my year-end bonus. ”
The tide of money is rising,
If you have less, you can't take it, and if you have more, you feel distressed?
Many young people lamented "why is the New Year's money rising higher and higher" and "thousands at every turn, which is very stressful for people of my age".
There are also people who complain that the year-on-year New Year's money has added a lot of economic pressure and troubles to the elderly in rural areas, and the New Year's money may not have played a role in "pressing the New Year" for children, but it has "crushed" the elderly.
Experts pointed out that as one of the traditional New Year's customs, the New Year's New Year's money for the younger generations is a kind of "New Year's flavor", representing expectations and wishes, but in recent years, the continuous New Year's money in some places has become a heavy economic burden for young and old people. There are also some people who compare with each other, which makes the meaning of the New Year's money change, and this phenomenon is worth pondering.
In some places, the comparison is serious
Don't let the New Year's money "change the taste".
Legend has it that the money given by the elders to the younger generations during the Chinese New Year can be used to suppress evil spirits and ensure that the younger generations spend the New Year safely. Traditional New Year's money must be given by the eldest person in the family, because they have more life experience and are more vigorous in "pressing the New Year".
With the development of the economy and the improvement of living standards, people's ideological concepts have changed. Especially in recent years, the red envelopes given to children in some places have been fast because of the psychology of comparing with each other.
Min Xiaosheng learned that in some areas, red envelopes for children start at 1,000 yuan, and some netizens sighed that a Spring Festival will be sent out 170,000 yuan red envelope. "If you don't give it, you can't do it, and if you give less, you're afraid of being discussed" has become a true portrayal of many people's inner contradictions.
For young people with good economic conditions, it may not matter if they spend thousands of yuan or even tens of thousands of yuan of New Year's money every year, but for ordinary workers or the elderly who only rely on a few acres of land income, giving juniors a large amount of New Year's money will become a New Year's trouble. Ms. Zhao, who has been in her hometown for a while, said that many rural elderly people mainly rely on farming for a living, and as they grow older, they can no longer plant the land, and their physical condition is not as good as before.
Wang Zhongwu, professor of the Department of Sociology of Shandong Universitysaid that the original intention of the New Year's money is to express a wish and expectation for the health and happiness of the child, and the original intention is good. However, in some places, the New Year's money has risen, and even caused a great financial burden to some families; There are also some people who compare with each other, which makes the meaning of the New Year's money "change the taste", which is worth pondering and reviewing.
He Huili, a professor at the College of Humanities and Development, China Agricultural UniversityIt is pointed out that the phenomenon of deformed comparison has caused an imbalance in the income of the New Year, which has increased the economic pressure and troubles of the elderly, especially the elderly in rural areas, and has also directly affected the children's view of money and values, which needs to be governed. The meaning of the New Year's money is good, it means blessings to the child, as long as this function is achieved. The elders love their children, and the more money they give, they compare with each other, which violates the meaning of the New Year's money, and may even cause conflicts.
Many places in recent years through various means
Guide the people to send New Year's money reasonably
In response to the increasingly fierce phenomenon of New Year's money comparison, many places have guided the people to send New Year's money reasonably through various ways in recent years, and it is the most important way to incorporate the New Year's money into the village rules and regulations.
Fuyang, AnhuiThe Civilization Office recently replied to the relevant questions reflected by netizens that it will increase publicity and education, and guide the rural masses to establish a correct concept of New Year's money through various positions such as civilized practice and news; Guide the grassroots to incorporate the reasonable distribution of New Year's money into the village rules and regulations, and advocate the rural masses to establish a family style and family motto of diligence and thrift; Learn from and promote effective practices in other places, advocate rational economy, and resolutely oppose comparison and waste.
Huai'an, JiangsuIn the "Hexia Street 2023 Village Rules and Regulations (Residents' Convention)" published by Huai'an District, the Luosi Street Village Rules and Regulations and the Zhenhai Village Village Rules and Regulations stipulate that the New Year's money will not taste good, and children are not used to it.
Suzhou, JiangsuHuwan Village, Huangqiao Street, Xiangcheng District, convened members of the consultation council to hold a meeting around "improving village rules and regulations and establishing a new style of civilization", mainly discussing "New Year's money does not taste good, and children are not used to it".
Yunnan ProvinceIn February 2018, the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision issued the "Notice on Regulating the Handling of Weddings and Funerals in Rural Areas", requiring that the rural masses should be effectively reduced in terms of personal and economic burdens, and that they should participate in rural marriage and funeral banquets and give gifts with a value of no more than 100 yuan. At the same time, prevent and correct disguised gift-giving in the form of giving New Year's money, and do not give New Year's money except for close relatives.
There are also many places to guide the masses to send New Year's money reasonably by issuing proposals and holding relevant theme activities, emphasizing that New Year's money does not taste good.
GuangdongIn many places, "Peri is (red envelope)" only talks about "meaning" is not as good as money, 5 yuan, 10 yuan, how much you can want. In a village in Hechi, Guangxi, children go door-to-door to greet the New Year, and adults prepare 2 yuan "Li Shi" in advance.
The happiness of the New Year is the surprise at the moment when you receive the New Year's money, and it doesn't matter if you have more money or less money. Junjun, a 12-year-old child who lives in Jiangmen, Guangdong, has received more than 80 red envelopes this year, most of them in the amount of 10 yuan or 20 yuan, and he is very happy about it.
On social platforms, there are also many people who hope to go home for the New Year and make money according to their ability, everyone is kind and happy, rather than being "kidnapped" by the trend of comparison and following the trend, "don't slap your swollen face and become fat", "don't have internal friction".
The interviewed experts believe that the hope of breaking the dilemma of New Year's money is not only to say "no" to this irrational atmosphere through a reasonable mechanism, but also to achieve mutual understanding between social groups from a cultural and psychological perspective. For example, when children in the city go to the countryside, the guardian should explain clearly the characteristics of the countryside and the "New Year's view" of the elderly in advance, and guide the children to experience the joys and sorrows of people's livelihood in the context of the village, so as to avoid biased evaluation of the thickness of a red envelope.
As the juniors and their parents who collect the money, they must consider whether the red envelopes are "deserved" and whether they usually have enough material and spiritual care for the elderly.
During this year's Chinese New Year,
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