Cultural connotations and customs of New Year greetings.

Cultural connotation of New Year greetings.

Paying New Year's greetings is a traditional folk custom in China. This is a way for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and express their best wishes to each other. Its cultural elements should not be underestimated. Blessing the elders is an interpretation of Chinese filial piety culture; Thanking relatives and friends is an extension of traditional gratitude moral culture; Greeting neighbors is the continuation of Chinese civilization etiquette culture; The beautiful yearning and prayer for New Year's life is the inheritance of China's ideal and belief culture in Huize since ancient times. New Year's greetings show simple but true emotional and ideological exchanges between people.

New Year greetings usually begin at home. On the morning of the first day, after getting up, the younger generation should first pay a New Year call to their elders, wishing them a long and healthy life and all the best. After the elders worship, they should distribute the "lucky money" prepared in advance to the younger generation. After greeting the elders at home, you should greet the New Year with a smile when you go out to meet them, and exchange auspicious words such as "Congratulations on your fortune" and "Happy New Year". Neighbors, relatives and friends also visit each other or invite them to drink and entertain.

Indeed, New Year greetings, a special form of communication, not only express mutual congratulations and blessings, but also help to enhance friendship and contact feelings. With the development of the times, the custom of New Year greetings is constantly adding new contents and forms. Nowadays, in addition to the old ways of greeting the New Year, people also begin to greet the New Year by courtesy telegram, telephone and internet, SMS, WeChat, etc. People who are used to the garage turn to rural life, people who are used to fast food and genetically modified food start chasing green, and people who are used to urban life are eager to return to nature. This phenomenon can be called regression. I don't know when modern people who are confused or even numb by modern New Year greetings will realize the cultural return of New Year greetings.

The custom of new year greeting

In folklore, "Nian" is an evil monster that will come out to hurt people at the end of the year. Therefore, every household sticks peach symbols and couplets, sets off firecrackers and watches the New Year around the stove. On the first day of the first month, Nian left, so everyone opened the door to congratulate each other, indicating peace and good luck.

In the ancient Chinese characters of "nian", the upper part comes from "I", and the lower part is very similar to the word "thousand". Grain is a stubble, and money is the deformation of herringbone. The overlapping of grain and people, just like the way people carry grain, indicates a bumper harvest every year. Therefore, the' original intention' of New Year's greetings is also to congratulate last year's harvest and indicate this year's harvest. Greeting each other in the New Year is to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new year. Congratulations on everything going well in the new year.

Because of their hard work, people usually get up very late during the Spring Festival. If you visit your home too early, you will often catch your host off guard. Some people like to choose to pay New Year greetings in the evening. Sitting for several hours will inevitably affect the rest of the host. Generally speaking, it is advisable to stay as a guest for half an hour to 40 minutes, which is polite and does not affect the host's reception of other guests. When you come in to say "Happy New Year" and leave in a hurry, it will also give people the feeling of "lack of sincerity".

You must also pay attention to etiquette and etiquette when you pay New Year greetings. Sitting in the neighborhood, classmates' parties and friends' parties should all be "saying good things and auspicious things in the New Year". Even if you have grievances on weekdays, you shouldn't mention them. As for chatting, it is common sense and common sense not to say vulgar things or boring low-level words.

Brief introduction of new year greetings

As soon as New Year's Eve is over, it is the first day of the first month. What's the etiquette for the Spring Festival? The original meaning of the word "Happy New Year" is to pay New Year greetings to the elderly, including kowtowing to them, congratulating them on their health and happiness in the new year and greeting their lives. When you meet friends and relatives of your peers, you should also greet each other. So far, this etiquette has not changed, but has become more diversified in form.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people get up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, dress neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends and wish each other good luck in the coming year. Parents lead the younger generation out to meet relatives, friends and elders. Friends also exchange New Year greetings and wish each other a happy New Year with auspicious words. Those with low status must kowtow and salute, which is called "New Year greetings". The host family warmly entertained them with snacks, sweets and red envelopes. In fact, there is a lot of knowledge about Spring Festival greetings, and the cultural elements of the Spring Festival are the concentrated display of China's excellent traditional culture.

Paying homage to relatives and friends also pays attention to the order: paying homage to family members on the first day; The next day, the third day, I visited my mother's uncle, uncle, father-in-law and so on. Until 16. The most solemn New Year greeting custom is collective worship. Group worship has now become a national etiquette activity, even with international characteristics. However, with the change of lifestyle, the way people pay New Year greetings is also quietly changing. Traditional New Year greetings range from door-to-door to telephone, and then to SMS and Weibo WeChat. Although all kinds of Spring Festival blessings are being passed on, parents always feel that there is less youthful atmosphere.