How to refuse a red envelope from an elder?

push it to parents. Every time I go to visit my relatives, someone will always give me money. My practice is to take it first and then give it to my parents and let them hand it back.

In the traditional sense, red envelopes, also called lucky money, are money wrapped in red paper by elders for children during the Lunar New Year. It is said that during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, most lucky money was given to children with red strings.

after the Republic of China, it was wrapped in red paper. Now it generally refers to the red paper bag wrapped with money, which is used as a gift for celebrations, and also refers to bribing others' money. In Cantonese-speaking area of China, red envelopes are called "profit-making", which is a gift made by putting money in a red envelope.

Legend of Red Envelopes

There are two kinds of red envelopes. One is to weave colored ropes into dragons and put them at the foot of the bed. This record can be found in "Yanjing Years"; The other is the most common, that is, parents wrap the money distributed to their children in red paper. The lucky money can be given in public after the younger generation pays New Year's greetings, or it can be quietly put under the child's pillow by parents when the child falls asleep on New Year's Eve!

Ancient lucky money

Folk believe that giving lucky money to children means that when evil spirits or "Nian" hurt children, children can use the money to bribe them and turn evil into good luck. In addition, there is a veritable lucky money, which is given to the elderly by the younger generation. "Years old" means years old, years old, and years old, which is intended to expect the elderly to live a long life.