What is the origin of the New Year s money, and is there any significance?

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New Year's money (called "Lili" in Guangdong), one of the customs of the New Year's Festival, its own school of repentance is not examined, the legend is to suppress the evil. After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve, the elders should give the juniors money to wish them a safe New Year.

New Year's money is the most anticipated gift for children's New Year. New Year's money is said to have originated earlier, but it was really popular nationwide in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In ancient times, there were two kinds of New Year's money: special money and general money.

The special New Year's money is an imitation, its material or copper or iron, the shape or square or long, the money is generally engraved with "auspicious wishes", "Fu Lu Shouxi", "long life 100 years old" and so on.

New Year's money, some directly given to the younger generation, and some are placed at the foot of the bed or pillow after the younger generation sleeps. New Year's money is originally the meaning of blessings. In folk culture, New Year's money means warding off evil spirits and driving away ghosts, and blessing peace.

The original intention of the New Year's money was to suppress evil and drive away evil spirits, because people believed that children were vulnerable to ghosts and withered spirits, so they used New Year's money to sell positive pressure to drive away evil spirits.

The origin of the New Year's money is derived from an ancient legend in our country. Legend has it that in ancient China, there was a monster called imitation scattered as "Zhen", which looked black and white, and would come out to harm people on Chinese New Year's Eve, and every time he touched the child's head, the child would become stupid after the fever, and people were afraid that they would harm the child, so they lit the lamp and sat down, called "Shouzhen".

Introduction to New Year's money.

New Year's money, also known as pressure money, "祟" is an unlucky thing. The ancients used this custom to change Daqing to express that there should be no unlucky things in the coming year.

New Year's money is a traditional custom of the Han people, and the elders generally put the money in red envelopes for the younger generations during the countdown to the New Year. New Year's money has a good meaning, and it is usually believed that it can ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts and bless peace. It is said that the New Year's money can suppress the evil spirit, and the younger generation can spend a year in peace when they get the New Year's money.

The earliest New Year's money.

There are extant documents that record that the New Year's money first appeared in the Han Dynasty. The earliest New Year's money is also called the winning money, or the big winning money, this kind of money is not the currency circulating in the market, but is specially minted into the shape of a coin to ward off evil spirits.

"Pressing" is a homonym for "pressing". Kong Shangren of the Qing Dynasty recorded Chinese New Year's Eve in the "Records of the Verse Order and the Same Style": "Give the family gold, silver and copper money, called 'cent money', also known as 'bring money', all 120 wen, filled with silk bags, such as eggplant bottles, stored at the head of the bed at night, known as 'pressing'." ”

It is said that in ancient times, there was a fierce beast called "Nian", and every night after 365 days, it would come out to harm people, animals, and crops. Children are afraid, and adults use the sound of burning bamboo to drive away the "year", and comfort the children with food, that is, "crush the shock". As the years went by, it evolved into replacing food with money, and in the Song Dynasty, there was "money to be shocked".

According to history, Wang Shaozi was promoted to the south of the core, because he was carried away by the bad guys, he exclaimed on the way, and was rescued by the imperial car, and Song Shenzong gave him "gold and rhino money". Later, it developed into "New Year's money".

It turned out that the eight copper coins were changed by the eight immortals, and they came to protect the children in the dark. Because "祟" is homophonic with "year", it gradually evolved into "New Year's money". In the Ming and Qing dynasties, "the colored rope is woven into the shape of a dragon, which is called the New Year's money."

Those who respect the elders and give children are also called New Year's money". Therefore, in some places, giving children New Year's money is called "string money".

In modern times, it has evolved into a red paper wrap of 100 copper coins to give to younger generations, meaning "longevity and 100 years old". For the younger generations who have become adults, a silver dollar is placed in the red paper bag, which means "Song's return to a book of ten thousand profits". After the currency is changed to paper money, the elders like to go to the bank to exchange the new banknotes with the face number connected to the child, wishing the child "succession and prosperity".