A red envelope, as its name implies, is a red paper bag, but China's red envelope is never empty, so it is used to hold money, so slowly, giving a red envelope means giving money, but the money in the red envelope is meaningful, and it is still necessary to pay it back in many cases.
Why did you choose red? That's because in the traditional culture of China, red represents happiness and justice. Therefore, China people like to use red at any time related to happy events, such as Spring Festival, weddings, birthday celebrations, giving birth to children and so on. This has evolved into many types of red envelopes. What kind of red envelopes will children receive during the Spring Festival? Suppress (cherish) money? ; What is the red envelope the bride received when she got married? The closet ceremony? ; What is the red envelope that the groom receives when he marries his wife? Small vault? ; What is the red envelope that the old man received on his birthday? Lucky money? ; What is the red envelope that the newborn receives when giving birth? Meeting ceremony? .
Why are there so many names? Just because I pay attention to them! First of all, talk about lucky money. Because in the traditional story of China, do you think? Year? It is a monster. It is afraid of red, fire and firecrackers. Therefore, elders will prepare red envelopes for their children, hoping that red envelopes can help children suppress evil spirits and grow up healthily. Slowly because? Precious? And then what? Years old? Homophonic, and because the ancients liked to avoid it, Chinese New Year's red envelopes became lucky money.
The Spring Festival is coming. Are you ready to collect lucky money?
The closet ceremony? It's a red envelope given by the elders, relatives and friends at the bride's family when she got married. In ancient China, when a woman got married, the family would prepare private money for her to go to her husband's house to take care of things and deal with emergencies. This kind of money is usually put in a box, so it is also called? The closet ceremony? .
Small vault? It is a red envelope prepared by the elders, relatives and friends on the groom's side for the small family. Now, it should belong to the start-up funds of small families.
When celebrating the birthday of the elderly, the red envelopes received by the elderly are generally the filial piety of the younger generation. This is a veritable lucky money, hoping to suppress the age and imply the health and longevity of the elderly.
Meeting ceremony? Very easy to understand. When a newborn is born, relatives and friends come to visit and see the baby for the first time. If you want to show it, just send a red envelope as a gift. However, nowadays, the scope of giving gifts is also very wide, not necessarily to meet a newborn baby, but to meet a child of a relative or friend's house for the first time. There is not much meeting ceremony, but it is festive and lively. This should be the case with the cute baby placed on the dining table.
Now, people's living standards are getting better and better. Sometimes, in order to set off the atmosphere, find a reason to send a group of red envelopes. Congratulations on getting rich. Good luck? It also means a red envelope!