Is it better to send a message or make a phone call?

Sending text messages is a good way to express "Best wishes to you".

New Year greeting is a traditional folk custom in China, and it is a way for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and express their best wishes to each other. In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "Happy New Year" was to pay New Year greetings to the elderly, including kowtowing to the elderly, greeting the well-being of life and so on. In case of friends and relatives of the same generation, you should also salute and congratulate. With the development of the times, the custom of New Year greetings is constantly adding new contents and forms. In addition to following the previous New Year greetings, etiquette telegrams, telephone calls, short messages and online New Year greetings also came into being.

ancient times

In ancient times, there were two main contents in paying New Year greetings at home: one was to pay New Year greetings to the god of heaven and earth and his deceased ancestors. After getting up on the first day of the first month, you should first set up a portrait of your deceased ancestors in a prominent position in the altar in the hall, set up offerings, burn incense and light candles, and kowtow to your ancestors and all the immortals three times.

Therefore, even if we have met on the road, we should personally come to the shrines of various families to pay a New Year call to our ancestors. The other is that the younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders who are still alive. Usually, we should bow down to the deceased ancestors first, and then bow down to the living elders, including kowtowing to the elders, and congratulate them on a happy New Year and eternal health.