For children, it is very happy to get New Year's money. However, for adults, the New Year's money has become a burden, and the joy of the year-end bonus is often diluted by the burden of the New Year's money. Recently, a news that "the year-end bonus of 7,200 yuan is not enough to pay the New Year's money" has aroused widespread attention on social **, making people think: Has the traditional meaning of the New Year's money changed its flavor and become a holiday burden?
According to ** reports, this Spring Festival, Zhao Lei from Shaoyang, Hunan Province, is "under great pressure" - there are many relatives in her hometown, and she has given 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. Zhao Lei said helplessly that in recent years, the New Year's money in rural hometowns has risen, and it is difficult to take it if there is less, and it is distressing to give more New Year's money.
In this regard, some netizens said that they couldn't understand, "I want to pay as much as I want to pay for the New Year's money, whether I want to love it or not, and who suffers from it if I die", and some netizens said that 500 is too much, and 100 means just a bit. Some netizens said that all localities should actively take measures to guide the masses to establish a correct concept about New Year's money, put an end to the phenomenon of New Year's money comparison, so that New Year's money will no longer be "involuted", and return to the original intention of contacting feelings and passing blessings.
New Year's money, this traditional custom originally pinned on the blessings and expectations of the elders to the younger generations, symbolizing the growth of wealth and good luck in the new year. However, with the change of the times, the nature of New Year's money is also quietly changing. From the initial symbolic giving, to the current amount of hundreds or even thousands or even higher, the amount of New Year's money continues to rise, bringing a lot of economic pressure to many young people.
On the one hand, the pressure of social competition and the increase in the cost of living have made many young people already stretched thin in their daily lives. As a reward for a year's hard work, year-end bonuses are often expected to bring some financial cushion to the new year. However, when this money, which should be used to improve their quality of life or plan for future development, is used to pay for the New Year, it undoubtedly increases their financial burden.
On the other hand, the excessive comparison of New Year's money also contributes to this burden. Nowadays, New Year's money seems to have become a kind of "face project", and many parents and children regard it as a symbol of family economic strength. In such an atmosphere, the amount of New Year's money continues to rise, further exacerbating the burden of New Year's money.
It is necessary for us to re-examine the traditional meaning of New Year's money and return to its essence. As a blessing from the elders to the younger generations, the New Year's money should be a kind of emotional transmission, rather than a contest of money. We can try to show love and expectation in other ways, such as spending time with our children and sharing life experiences. At the same time, society should also promote rational consumption and avoid using money as the only measure of happiness and success.
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