Yesterday was the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the small year, after eating hemp candy and sacrificing to the king of the stove, the footsteps of the New Year are getting closer and closer.
At this time, I think the children should be the happiest, not only can they eat delicious food and wear new clothes, but they can also get the New Year's money from their parents and relatives.
However, for adults, this mood is different, and how much money to give children has become a problem.
After all, it's a bit distressing to give too much, it will lose face if you give less, the numbers are not appropriate, and it is easy to hurt the harmony between relatives.
So, what's the point of giving children New Year's money? Let's talk about it today, remember these four principles, and it's okay to be accurate.
There is a saying in China that "good things come in pairs", and another is "in pairs", it seems that in our traditional concept, even numbers are always better than singular numbers.
This is because, throughout the ages, even numbers have represented "symmetry", "perfection", "harmony", and "auspiciousness", which is an auspicious number.
As for this singular number, it always gives people a feeling of being alone and lonely, which is not very good.
Therefore, the ancients even had double doors and pursued "double happiness".
Up to now, when we visit relatives and friends during the New Year's holidays, we will also give even numbers for gifts, and we will not choose odd numbers.
Invite people to dinner or set up a banquet for a happy event, and the number of this dish is also an even number.
Again, the marriage of the newlyweds is a happy day for the young couple to form a family, and the food and clothing for this preparation are all even numbers.
So back to the amount of New Year's money we said, it is a good blessing to the children, and I hope they can grow up healthy and safe.
Therefore, in the choice of amount, even numbers are definitely better, and they are generally double integers, for example, according to their own conditions.
In addition, in the choice of numbers, there are three universal numbers, that is.
These two numbers, in addition to the New Year's holidays, are also everyone's favorite numbers in daily life.
People who are more particular about this aspect, even in the choice of license plate number and mobile phone number, will try their best to hope for the two numbers 6 and 8.
This is because, in traditional Chinese culture,6 stands for "Six Six Shun", which means very smooth and smooth sailing.
These 8, the homonym is "hair", which symbolizes wealth and wealth.
There is also a 9, which represents longevity.
Think about the meaning behind the numbers, it sounds gratifying, so when you wrap a red envelope, you can choose these three numbers, such as:
Of course, some people may say, this New Year's money is for children, most children are still in school, have not started to work to make money, 6 represents smooth, 9 represents a long time, just forget it, give 8 "make a fortune", what does it mean?
This involves the four words we often have to mention - human sophistication.
Of course, this New Year's money is good for the children, and it is correct to bless the children, but in the final analysis, this is only one aspect, as a traditional custom of the New Year, the final foothold is to maintain the relationship between relatives and friends.
Sometimes, how to give and how much to give New Year's money is actually for adults to see.
Besides, how many children receive New Year's money and can go into their own pockets when they go home?
It's not all parents who put it away, and then say that they save it to pay for their children's tuition, or that they need to use it and give it to you, it's not appropriate for children to take so much money.
Therefore, this adult's favorite "fortune" blessing is naturally favored.
The above two points are all about what number to give, and then let's see what number to avoid.
First of all, try not to choose one number, which is three.
In some places, the number "three" does not represent a good meaning, let's use a story as an example.
There is a big sister Wang next to her, who once almost had a misunderstanding with her relatives because she gave a red envelope of 300.
Approaching the Chinese New Year, this relative took the child into the city for a walk, and came to visit Sister Wang's house by the way.
Speaking of which, although this relative is usually far away and does not walk around with Sister Wang's house very much, he is a very good person, and every time Sister Wang returns to her hometown, the relatives warmly invite Sister Wang to come over for a reunion.
Therefore, when the relative was about to leave with the child, Sister Wang stuffed the child with a red envelope of 300 yuan.
In this regard, the relatives repeatedly refused, but in the end, they couldn't bear Sister Wang's enthusiasm, and let the child thank him again and again and left.
As a result, a few days later, Sister Wang suddenly received a ** from this relative, and the relative was hesitant in ** and asked Sister Wang if there was anything dissatisfied.
Hearing this, Sister Wang was confused, thinking that when her relatives left her house two days ago, both parties were also happy, where did this start?
After asking repeatedly, Sister Wang understood the reason, it was because of the 300 yuan red envelope.
In Sister Wang's hometown, "3" symbolizes "scattered", and if you give a red envelope with the number "3", it means that you want to "scatter relatives" and no longer associate with her.
Thinking of this, Sister Wang slapped her head, she usually gave red envelopes and didn't pay attention to these, so she forgot about this stubble, and for relatives who obeyed the rules of her hometown, there was a misunderstanding.
Fortunately, the relative is a straightforward person, and after opening the red envelope, he asked Sister Wang directly, and the two families were able to resolve the misunderstanding.
So most of the time, try to avoid "3" when giving red envelopes, especially friends in your hometown who are particular about this aspect.
Another one is the number "4".We don't need to say much about this, just because the homonym of 4 is "si".
Although "4" is an even number, everyone hopes that good luck will come and bad luck will be avoided, so not only give red envelopes, but in all aspects, we will stay away from the number "4" as much as possible.
In addition to "3" and "4", there are some special numbers, such as "250", which has the meaning of scolding others for being stupid in daily language.
The original intention of the New Year's money is still good, and everyone wants to be happy when the New Year is over.
Therefore, when giving New Year's money, let's pay a little attention and don't make problems in such small details.