"My family has to give 7 children New Year's money, my husband has to give 5 children, 600 yuan per person, and 7,200 yuan just for relatives' children, and some people don't have so many year-end bonuses."
The Spring Festival, the most solemn festival of the Chinese nation, is a time for every family to gather together and spend the festival together. However, with the development of the economy and the change of social concepts, the once simple traditional custom of pressing New Year's money has gradually evolved into an invisible comparison war.
Not only are the older generation feeling the pressure of the economy, but even many young people are complaining: "The Spring Festival money has spent my year-end bonus". Such a phenomenon can't help but make people think deeply about whether the original intention of New Year's money has been ignored by us, and whether the happiness of the Spring Festival is being eroded by the concept of materialization.
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Let's look at the phenomenon of "inflation" in New Year's money. In some places, the amount of New Year's money is getting higher every year, and some children even receive a total amount of money that far exceeds the monthly income of some adults.
As 27-year-old Wang Yuxin said, just to give a relative's child New Year's money, it costs 7,200 yuan, which is undoubtedly a lot of money for many young families. And an old man like Zhou Zhen, who is over seventy years old, although he is unwilling, can only follow the increase in the tide of rising New Year's money.
Behind this phenomenon, it reflects the psychology of comparison that prevails in society. Many people give New Year's money, not only out of love and blessing for their children, but also out of a matter of face, worried that they will be looked down upon if they give too little, or afraid that their children will feel lost after comparing it. Such a mentality makes what should be a warm festival into a tense climbing competition.
In this seemingly inexplicable comparison, some people have begun to try to find a new way. Just as Xiaofei and her siblings from Chongqing did, they agreed to give their children only small red envelopes, which were uniformly 50 yuan, in order to return to the original purpose of pressing the New Year's money, so that the children could feel the joy of the festival instead of focusing on money.
Although this attempt is only the tip of the iceberg, it has taught us that change is possible, as long as we are willing to return to the original meaning of tradition and value spiritual communication rather than material competition.
As Wang Zhongwu, a professor at the Department of Sociology at Shandong University, said, the original intention of the New Year's money is to express wishes and expectations for the health and happiness of children. If more people realize this, maybe we can slowly change this culture of excessive materialism.
Of course, to completely change this phenomenon, we need the joint efforts of all sectors of society. For example, the relevant departments can introduce some advocacy norms to guide everyone to establish a correct concept of consumption, avoid excessive comparison, and let the New Year's money truly return to its proper meaning.
In short, the traditional custom of pressing New Year's money is a good blessing and expectation. But in the current social environment, it inevitably brings some other colors. How to adapt to social changes and find a balance while respecting tradition is a problem that each of us needs to think about. Only in this way can we make the Spring Festival, which should be full of laughter and blessings, no longer become heavy because of the comparison of New Year's money. Let's work together to welcome a healthier and happier Spring Festival!
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