On the source of lucky money

There are two theories about the source of lucky money. One is to protect children. It is said that on New Year's Eve, a little demon named Chong will hurt children, so people invented lucky money to protect children from harm.

Another way of saying it is that every year on New Year's Eve, every family will let their children put fruit and food on a plate and give them to each other. This is the "old board". Later, the "lucky money" replaced the "new year's plate", and now there is the custom of giving lucky money on New Year's Eve.

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The early lucky money was not for real money, but for symbolic things like money, hoping to play a deterrent role. But later, people gradually strengthened the practical significance of lucky money, so it became a real money.

With the emergence of the situation that elders give their children an ocean during the Spring Festival, the meaning of lucky money has changed a lot. Since then, the function of "avoiding evil spirits" of lucky money has gradually come to an end, and its new "inspirational" functions, such as "one book for all", "expanding financial resources" and "rising step by step", have emerged.