The origin of New Year's greetings is brief.

The origin of New Year greetings is brief

Do you know where the New Year greetings come from? Happy new year is one of the oldest traditional cultures in ancient times. Happy new year is a way to express good wishes to each other. Do you know the origin of Happy New Year? The following is a brief history of my carefully prepared New Year greetings, hoping to help everyone. The origin of New Year's greetings is brief. 1

The meaning of New Year's greetings

New Year's greetings are a traditional custom among the people in China, and it is a way for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and express their good wishes to each other. It can enhance feelings, friendship and express good wishes and greetings to each other. Generally speaking, the time to pay New Year greetings is from the first day to the fifth day. Visiting relatives and friends after the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is regarded as paying homage to the early years, while visiting relatives and friends after the fifth day of the first month and before the fifteenth day is regarded as paying tribute to the old age. Early years and old age belong to the nature of emergency or remedy to avoid regret. There is a folk proverb: It is not too late to celebrate the New Year with a heart.

New Year greetings are mainly divided into paying homage to the elders at home, visiting relatives, paying New Year greetings among friends and paying New Year greetings with gratitude. On the morning of the first day of junior high school, after getting up, you should pay New Year greetings to your elders first. On the first or second day of the first day, you must go to your father-in-law's and mother's home, and you must bring a gift. The New Year greetings among friends belong to courtesy. Paying New Year greetings with gratitude refers to those who owe gratitude to others during the year, such as those who have helped themselves, teachers, doctors, etc.

It is said that in ancient times, there was a monster called Nian, who came out on the 3th night of the twelfth lunar month and went door to door to eat people. Bai people had to leave the meat at the door, then close the door and hide at home. Until the morning of the first day, people opened the door to meet each other and congratulated each other for not being eaten by Nian beast.

As a greeting at the beginning of the year, it has existed since ancient times, and it has flourished since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Cui Mang in the Eastern Han Dynasty recorded in the "Four People's Moon Order": "The new moon in the first month means that it is the right day, ... to worship your ancestors in a clean way, and to drink wine to calm down your spirits, ... and to serve pepper and cypress wine to your parents, saying that it is a blessing to prolong your life and make you happy." The government's subordinates also exchanged congratulations. "The History of Wu Liangchuan": (Liang) was a county official at the beginning, and at the age of 18, Dan and the official entered the door of He (Taishou).

in the southern and northern dynasties, the cock crowed and set off firecrackers in front of the court to ward off evil spirits. Young and old, I know that I am dressed in clothes, and I congratulate you. " (See Liang Zonggu's Record of Jingchu's Age in the Southern Dynasties).

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New Year greeting forms:

First, pay homage to the elders at home. 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 are worshipped, they should distribute the "lucky money" prepared in advance to the younger generation.

After paying homage to the elders at home, people should also greet the New Year with smiles when they go out to meet each other, and exchange auspicious words such as "Congratulations on getting rich", "Best wishes for the four seasons" and "Happy New Year". Neighbors, relatives and friends also visit each other or invite them to drink and entertain.

the second is to visit relatives. You must go to your father-in-law's and mother's house on the first or second day of junior high school and bring gifts. After entering the door, bow down to the Buddha statue, ancestor image and memorial tablet, and then bow down to the elders in turn. You can stay for dinner and play.

the third is a courtesy visit. If you wish to pay a New Year call to your colleagues and friends, you should only bow to the Buddha statue three times when you enter the house. If you are equal to your master, you only need to bow down. If you are older than yourself, you should still take the initiative to bow down. The master should step down from his seat to help you, and even say no ceremony to show humility. This kind of situation is generally not suitable for sitting for a long time, so you should leave after a few pleasantries. After the host is worshipped, he should pay a return visit on another day.

the fourth is a thank-you visit. Anyone who has been indebted to others for the past year (such as lawyers, doctors, etc.) will buy some gifts to send, and take the opportunity to pay tribute to the pillow.

the fifth is a door-to-door visit. For the neighbors, we don't have much contact with each other in the past, but we can get along well when we meet. On the New Year's Eve, we just go to the courtyard and say, "Congratulations and make a fortune" and "Shun Shun Bai Shun" when we meet each other. We just sit in the house for a while without much etiquette. The origin of New Year's greetings is brief. 2

In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "New Year's greetings" was to celebrate the New Year for the elderly, including kowtowing to the elderly, congratulating them on their happy New Year, and greeting them about their lives. In case of friends and relatives of the same generation, we should also salute and congratulate them. On the first day of the new year, people get up early, put on new clothes, go out to visit relatives and friends, and wish each other good luck in the coming year. There are many ways to pay New Year's greetings, some of which are the heads of families leading several people to pay New Year's greetings door to door. Some colleagues invite several people to visit New Year. There are also people who get together to congratulate each other, which is called "group worship". In the Song Dynasty, friends and relatives would send greetings to each other, which was the early new year card. In the Ming Dynasty, new year card's design was more perfect and exquisite. Not only the name and address of the sender were printed on the post, but also "Happy New Year" and greetings were written. With the development of the times, the custom of New Year's greetings is constantly adding new contents and forms. Nowadays, in addition to following the previous New Year greetings, people have also started to pay New Year greetings by short message and telephone.

It is said that in ancient times there was a monster with a horn on its head and a mouth like a blood basin. People called it Nian. On the thirtieth night of the twelfth lunar month, it jumps out of the mountains and preys on people. People had to prepare some meat and put it outside the door, then close the door and hide at home. It was not until the morning of the first day that Nian left after a full meal that people opened the door to meet each other, bowing to congratulate each other. One year, Nian came to the village again, and people found that it was afraid of red things and noise. So another year, before that, people put red paper on their doors and hung red lanterns. Over the years, people threw firecrackers made of hollow bamboo on the ground and made a loud noise. Finally, Nian was driven away. As a result, people later had the custom of putting up couplets, hanging lanterns and setting off firecrackers.