Lunar New Year is one of the holidays bearing the unique identity of the Vietnamese nation.This is not only the opportunity to perform a series of meaningful spiritual activities, but also a time for everyone in the family to gather and reunite.
However, for most children, Tet is simply they are absent from school, dressed in beautiful clothes.Most importantly, children receive lucky money from adults.This is a beautiful custom of Vietnamese people, with the meaning of bringing luck to children.However, this culture may turn the champion if the child does not know the right lucky money.
In order for the new year to be bustling with laughter, people are happy, parents need to teach their children the meaning of lucky money and especially the taboo below.
Lucky money is a beautiful custom of Tet.
Teach your children the legend and meaning of lucky money at the beginning of the new year
Lucky money is a long -standing custom of Asians, symbolizing luck and fortune.This custom originates from China.Legend has it that in the past, there was a large peach tree, the tree was the residence of many monsters.They always want to go out to harm but always be held by the fairies in the world so they cannot escape.
However, every year the fairies must go to heaven to New Year's Eve.This makes the goblin, harassing the sleep of children, causing children to startle and cry and have a fever.Parents therefore always have to stay up all night to keep their children.
Once, 8 fairies passed by the house, seeing the situation immediately turned into coins lying on the children, their parents also packed these coins into the red cloth to chase the monster.This miracle quickly spread throughout the world.Since then every Tet holiday, people put money into red bags for children, so that children grow faster and healthier.Gradually this formed lucky money at the beginning of the year.
Lucky money is a long -standing custom of Asians, symbolizing luck and fortune.
Lucky envelopes have a lot of profound and good meanings.Phong Bao symbolizes the discreet, not compared to losing, to avoid leading to unnecessary frictions.The red of the red envelopes symbolizes the color, auspicious, prosperous throughout the year.In addition, it is also considered the color of hope and luck.
The amount of money in each red envelope is more or less considered a spiritual gift in the beginning of the new year, meaning symbolizing a good and prosperous new year.The meaning of a red envelope is not in the quantity, but it is in the messages that it wants to send to the recipient.
Teach your children to thank when receiving lucky money
After teaching children to know the meaning of lucky money on Tet holiday, parents need to teach their children how to behave properly.When lucky, children need to show gratitude and politeness, take their hands to receive, then say thank you.Parents can model for children to practice simple movements such as giving their hands to take, cross their arms to say thank you, send wishes for health, luck ... A good child, thank you will definitely make it will make it will make it will make it will make it will make it will make it will make it will make it will make sureAdults feel happy in the early days of spring.
Teaching children absolutely do not open the lucky envelopes in front of the guests
Young children because of curiosity, sometimes carefree opened red envelopes in front of them.Not only that, many children also bewildered, "Why are you/uncle so little?".This bad action will definitely make guests feel uncomfortable.
Parents can tell their children that these currencies are used to ward off demons when they sleep.Therefore, I absolutely do not tear the lucky money.You can send your mother to help or parents prepare a small bag to hold lucky money.When you return home, I need to put all those style in a bag and put under your sleeping pillows.
Most importantly, parents need to remind their lucky money to be a good custom.The most important thing is the heart of adults, not the small/much money inside.