New Year's red envelope anxiety: the taste of the New Year is no more.
Chinese New Year is an important traditional Chinese festival, and it is also a time for family reunion and family exchange. However, with the development of society and economic prosperity, the red envelope culture seems to have changed. The amount of red envelopes is getting bigger and bigger, but the atmosphere of the New Year has become a little different. The elderly and adults also felt anxious because of this, and even feared the New Year.
In the past, the amount of red envelopes was not the focus of the Chinese New Year, but the reunion and family exchange between family members were the most important. However, nowadays, many people have begun to feel red envelope anxiety during the Chinese New Year. Young people are asking for higher red envelopes from their elders and relatives in order to please them, while the elderly are feeling the pressure because of this change.
The anxiety of the red envelopes for the New Year is not only because of the quota problem, but also because this anxiety has changed people's New Year atmosphere. Instead of a festival about family reunions and family exchanges, the festival has become a festival about money and burdens. The elderly and adults began to worry that they could not afford it, and some were even afraid of the Chinese New Year.
In this anxious environment of red envelopes, we seem to have lost some of the true meaning of the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year should be a happy holiday, a time for people to relax and get together, not a time to add anxiety to money to it. We should reflect on how to return the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year to the core of valuing family reunions and family exchanges, rather than focusing too much on the competition for the amount of red envelopes.
Perhaps, we can start with the family and reduce the stress and anxiety of family members by advocating for emotion and companionship instead of red envelope wrestling. At the same time, the younger generation should be taught to know how to respect and be considerate of their elders, and feel the warmth of family affection during the Chinese New Year, rather than just focusing on the number of red envelopes.
Most importantly, we need to rethink the meaning of the Chinese New Year, so that red envelopes no longer become a source of anxiety, but a combination of tradition and modernity, a beautiful way of blessing and communication. Only in this way can we create a more warm and happy atmosphere for the New Year, so that New Year's anxiety will no longer be the main theme of the New Year.