"Oh, today's Pingping is so beautiful, it really makes me blush!" Feng Qin just put a back hijab on Li Liping, and Huang Tingting on the side muttered with envy, Huang Tingting is Li Liping's bridesmaid today.

"Hehe, Tingting, when you get married, you will be so beautiful, the woman on the wedding day is the most beautiful time in this woman's life, Tingting, you are not young anymore, it's time to find someone to marry. ”

Huang Tingting is still single, and now she is thirty-one years old, as Huang Tingting's best friend, Li Liping of course wants her best friend to have a good husband who loves her and loves her.

"Hee-hee...... , Pingping, this matter still depends on fate, besides, I'm a bachelor, and an animal like my husband is terrible!"

Huang Tingting didn't care, although she was sometimes very envious of those married women, but soon, these envy in Huang Tingting's heart would disappear completely, just like she just said, she is a bachelor.

"You......!" Li Liping didn't say any more, because she had said the same thing many times, but Tingting still didn't listen and was still single, so instead of spending this effort to persuade Tingting to get married and finally do useless work, it was better to save this saliva, and it would be more worry-free and effort-saving!

"Okay, it's finally completely ready, but when I think that our Pingping is going to be cheap Zhao Chaogang, I'm really a little unwilling, and I want Zhao Chaogang's kid to look good, um. So it was decided!"

Huang Tingting said with a funny face, so that Li Liping, who was wearing a red hijab on one side, couldn't help but pray for Zhao Chaogang, but she knew. Tingting is very good at embarrassing people.

Huang Tingting here is ready to embarrass Zhao Chaogang fiercely, here in Liu Jingjing, there are also people who want to embarrass Zhao Chaogang, this person is Liu Jingjing's best friend Cai Chanjuan.

"Jingjing, don't you wear makeup today, today is your big day. In general, we will welcome today's big day with the best side!"

Cai Chanjuan saw that Liu Jingjing hadn't started to put on makeup yet, and she couldn't help but feel a little anxious in her heart, so she didn't put on makeup anymore. Later, Zhao Chaogang will come to pick up people.

"Chanjuan, Chao Gang doesn't like other people's makeup the most, and the person who says that he wears makeup is the most fake, and it's honest. Do you think it's still useful for me to wear makeup?!"

Liu Jingjing looked at Cai Chanjuan with a confident face. With the gradual improvement of Liu Jingjing's cultivation, the skin on her face and body became smoother and smoother, and she didn't need to put makeup on her face or anything.

Putting some cosmetics on such a white, delicate face is simply a snake to add to the painting.

"Hey...... , really. Now Jingjing, where do you still use makeup, I really envy Jingjing! Not only do you use the natural beauty products that Zhao Chaogang gave you. And in terms of cultivation, I have the full support of Zhao Chaogang's kid, where is it like me, no one has come to hurt me until now, Jingjing, I'm jealous!"

Cai Chanjuan pouted, with a pitiful look on her face, looked at Liu Jingjing, and after letting Liu Jingjing on the side see it, goosebumps all over her body.

"Okay, okay, Chanjuan, you are already twenty-one years old now, not a three-year-old child, pretending to be such a pitiful look, infiltrating people but not infiltrating people. As long as you don't pretend to be pitiful like this, tell me what you want, and I'll let Chao Gang give it to you when the time comes, so do it!"

Liu Jingjing said helplessly, she has no problem with Cai Chanjuan, a child of a few years old pretends to look at you with a pitiful look, giving people the feeling that it is indeed very cute and cute, but if a twenty-one-year-old girl looks at you with a pitiful face, it will definitely give people goosebumps, and Liu Jingjing can't stand such a thing the most.

"yes, yes...... , succeeded again, Jingjing, you are so good!"

As soon as Liu Jingjing's promise fell, Cai Chanjuan on the side immediately returned to normal, hugged Liu Jingjing happily, and made a victory gesture with her right hand, which made Liu Jingjing, who was being held by her, roll her eyes directly, this Chanjuan is ......!

"Chanjuan, I'm getting married today, so when are you looking for your boyfriend, you're twenty-one years old now, it's time to find your other half. ”

Liu Jingjing began to bring jewelry, and asked very concernedly, Cai Chanjuan is Liu Jingjing's best friend, so she is very concerned about Cai Chanjuan's current love life.

"This matter still depends on fate, I'm only twenty-one years old, don't worry, and, Jingjing, when we were in college, we said that the two of us didn't get married before the age of thirty, but now you're married, Jingjing, what do you say about this thing?"

As soon as Liu Jingjing asked about this topic, Cai Chanjuan's head began to hurt, so she directly said the common oath she and Liu Jingjing made in college, and used this common oath to divert Liu Jingjing's attention.

I have to say here that Cai Chanjuan is still quite smart, because Liu Jingjing's attention was indeed diverted by Cai Chanjuan, as soon as she heard what Cai Chanjuan said, Liu Jingjing looked embarrassed, because she did not abide by this common oath, so Liu Jingjing quickly apologized to Cai Chanjuan: "Chanjuan, I'm sorry, it's my fault in this matter." However, the relationship is so wonderful, so irresistible, once you meet it, you will unknowingly, fall into the trap of feelings. Chanjuan, if you meet it in the future, you will know what this feeling is like. ”

"Hmph, forget it, who told you to be my good Jingjing, this matter is over. Cai Chanjuan forgave Liu Jingjing with a big belly, she actually knew that once men and women meet love, then they will be like moths rushing to the fire, even if they know that they may die, they will still pounce on it without hesitation.

Love, that's fascinating.

"I know Chanjuan you are the best, Chanjuan, you will not be angry with Jingjing. Liu Jingjing's face was happy. However, soon, Liu Jingjing once again brought up the topic that gave Cai Chanjuan a headache: "Chanjuan." You are really not small now, you should really find a boyfriend, and when Chanjuan finds a boyfriend, you will find that it feels really good to have a true lover. Especially when you have someone you really love, the feeling of being full in your heart. It's really fascinating, Chanjuan, let's find a boyfriend!"

"Hmph. I don't want to marry those men, if I want to marry, I have to marry a martial artist who is higher than my martial arts and has a good character, and now those men. I don't have any of them. ”

Cai Chanjuan said so. However, the expectation in his eyes can be seen by fools, let alone the shrewd and abnormal Liu Jingjing.

"Hehe, it seems that our Chanjuan is still very high in terms of finding a boyfriend!" Liu Jingjing laughed at Cai Chanjuan, making Cai Chanjuan's face turn red directly.

"Jingjing, if you say that again, I ......., I ....... Oops, Jingjing. Look at the move!" Cai Chanjuan was speechless by Liu Jingjing's laughter, and immediately used her killer move: tickle!

"Hahaha......., good, good, Chanjuan, I surrender!" Although Liu Jingjing is already a cultivator of the Great Perfection Realm of the first level of Qi refining, she still can't change the habit of being afraid of tickling, no, Cai Chanjuan scratched Liu Jingjing's itch at the beginning, Liu Jingjing laughed out loud and surrendered directly to Cai Chanjuan.

"Hmph, I'll spare you this time, if it weren't for Jingjing, you're getting married today, see how I clean you up. ”

Cai Chanjuan pretended to be vicious and said, while saying that she spared Liu Jingjing, but at the same time, she also scratched Liu Jingjing's itch a few times from time to time, so that Liu Jingjing couldn't resist at all.

Seeing that Liu Jingjing was cleaned up by herself, Cai Chanjuan was very satisfied and stopped, but soon, Cai Chanjuan's eyes rolled: "Hehe, Jingjing, since you dared to laugh at me with words just now, I won't just forget it, you and I don't have to clean it up, but, will you wait for Zhao Chaogang's kid...... , hey, hey, hey, hey, .......!"

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"Hiss.......!" Zhao Chaogang was about to get out of the wedding car, and he couldn't help but shudder, as if something bad was about to happen to him, Zhao Chaogang knew that this time the marriage would not be so smooth.

"Third brother, this is a red envelope!" Zhao Chaogang just got out of the car, and Zhao Wenhai on the side took some red envelopes and handed them to Zhao Chaogang.

These red envelopes were prepared by Zhao Chaogang yesterday and placed on Zhao Wenhai, who was the best man. According to Zhao Chaogang's customs, when he arrived at the bride's house, Zhao Chaogang, the groom, had to distribute red envelopes.

Red envelopes are an indispensable thing in weddings, but red envelopes in the traditional sense are also called New Year's money, which is the money wrapped in red paper by elders for children during the Lunar New Year.

It is rumored that during the Ming and Qing dynasties, most of the New Year's money was given to children with red ropes. After the Republic of China, it evolved to be wrapped in red paper. Nowadays, it generally refers to a red paper bag with money, which is used to give gifts during festivities, and also refers to bonuses and bribes to others.

In Cantonese-speaking China, red envelopes are known as Li Shi (commonly known as Li Shi, Li Shi, Li Shi), and are a small gift made by placing money in a red envelope.

Origin of red packets: The red envelopes distributed by elders to children after 0:00 p.m. on the Chinese New Year's Eve during the Spring Festival are called Nian Qian (槊年包), which means to bring them the blessings and good luck of the new year.

There is a custom of giving out red envelopes during the Spring Festival every year, and in some areas, married people give them to unmarried relatives and friends. The habit of giving red envelopes generally only exists between close relatives and friends, and in some areas, the scope of giving red envelopes on the New Year is more extensive.

For example, children in neighborhoods and colleagues who are ordinary friends may send red envelopes, but the amount in this red envelope is often relatively small, and the red envelope is put with 8 (hair) yuan, 18 (to be sent) yuan, etc., which represent auspicious meaning!

In industrially developed areas, the company will send a "red envelope for start-up" to all employees during the Spring Festival. In most parts of China, many people have become accustomed to using newly printed banknotes to make red envelopes, which in addition to being more elegant, also means to go to the old and welcome the new, so many banks will increase the amount of cash withdrawn before the Spring Festival every year, and the printing factories will also have pressure to print new banknotes.

In a foreign country, some friends of other ethnic groups who have dealings with the Chinese also follow the customs and customs of China's traditional red envelope national culture, and the people do the same, and the community and company also follow the etiquette. Except for the Spring Festival. On other festive occasions, such as weddings and new store openings, it is also customary to give red envelopes. But compared to the red envelopes given during the Spring Festival, the amount of congratulatory red envelopes is often expensive!

There are two types of red envelopes. One is to weave a dragon shape with colored ropes and place it at the foot of the bed, which is recorded in the Yanjing Chronicles, and the other is the most common, that is, the money distributed to the children by parents wrapped in red paper.

The New Year's money can be given in public after the New Year's greeting, or it can be quietly placed under the child's pillow by the parent when the child is asleep on Chinese New Year's Eve!

Folks believe that the New Year's money is given to the child, when the evil ghosts or "Nian" go to hurt the child. The child can bribe them with the money and turn the evil into a good one. In addition, there is a veritable New Year's money, which is the "year" given to the elderly by the younger generation. The number of years, the pressure of the year, is intended to hope for the longevity of the elderly.

The red envelope culture has a long history. Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a little demon with black hands and white hands. The name is "祟". Every year on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, it comes out to harm people, and it touches the sleeping child's head three times, and the child cries in fright, and then he has a fever, speaks, gets sick, and makes the child a fool. People were afraid that they would harm their children, so they lit the lights and sat still. It's called "Shou Zheng".

There is a family surnamed Guan in Jiaxing Prefecture, and the couple have children in old age. Regarded as the pearl of the palm. On the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, they were afraid that they would harm the children, so they wrapped eight copper coins in red paper and forced the children to play, and played until they fell asleep, and put them next to their pillows.

In the middle of the night, when he touched the child's head, a bright light appeared next to the child's pillow, and he hurriedly screamed and ran away.

The Guan couple told their neighbors about this, and they became household names, and they followed suit to put money on their children, and carried on the past and forged ahead into the future.

The earliest New Year's money appeared in the Han Dynasty, the earliest New Year's money is also called tired of winning money, or called big pressure winning money, this kind of money is not the currency circulating in the market, it is specially minted into the shape of a coin to ward off evil in order to wear a reward.

This kind of coin form of wearing items first appeared in the Han Dynasty, some of the front of the coin is cast with the text on the coin and a variety of auspicious words, such as "long live the thousand autumns", "the world is peaceful", "go to the evil and eliminate the evil", etc., and the back is cast with various patterns, such as dragon and phoenix, turtle and snake, double fish, fighting sword, star fight, etc.

In the Tang Dynasty, the wind of scattering money in spring prevailed in the court. At that time, the Spring Festival was the "beginning of spring", a day of mutual worship in the palace, and the people did not have this custom.

The twenty-sixth volume of "Zizhi Tongjian" records that Yang Guifei gave birth to a son, "Xuanzong personally looked at it and gave the concubine gold and silver money to wash her children". In addition to congratulatory congratulations, the more important meaning of this money is the talisman given by the elders to the newborn to ward off evil spirits and demons.

After the Song and Yuan dynasties, the first day of the first lunar month replaced the beginning of spring and was called the Spring Festival. Many of the customs that originally belonged to the beginning of spring have also been moved to the Spring Festival, and the custom of scattering money in spring has evolved into the custom of giving children New Year's money.

Qing Fucha Dunchong's "Yanjing New Year's Chronicle" records the New Year's money as follows: "Wear the money with colored ropes, make it into a dragon shape, and place it at the foot of the bed, which is called the New Year's money." Honoring the elders and giving children to them. It is also known as New Year's money. ”

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, most of the New Year's money was given to children with red ropes. During the Republic of China, it evolved into wrapping 100 copper coins in red paper, which means "longevity and 100 years old";

So far, red envelopes have become a custom from the New Year's Eve. Because red symbolizes good luck, red envelopes are given every time there is a wedding, a new house, a new house, a start, a birthday, etc. There is joy to congratulate, as a matter of course.

Another example is to send a red envelope to the bride, Taoist priest, monk and nuns, sedan chair driver, drummer, driver, lady and others, which used to be called "Huacai", and today it is renamed "tip", which is to give back to others for their hard work, which is beyond reproach.

Giving and receiving red envelopes is a long-standing traditional custom of the Chinese people, and the red envelope culture was originally a normal interpersonal relationship between Chinese courtesies and exchanges, reflecting the friendly complex of harmonious coexistence, and red envelopes have been mostly in this sense for hundreds of years.

However, the more general meaning of giving red envelopes is to give a kind of care to the younger generations, and the New Year's money and birthday wishes all contain the meaning of peace and auspiciousness.

Giving out red envelopes to underage juniors (according to Chinese beliefs, married people are considered adults) is a sign of bringing them good wishes and good luck. The money in the red envelope is just to make the children happy, and its main meaning is on the red paper, because it symbolizes good luck, so it is rude to open the red envelope in front of the elders who distribute the red envelopes;

the second is the etiquette of wedding celebrations, as well as the first meeting of relatives and friends, and the expression of greetings and wishes for each other;

The other is the reward that comes completely from the heart's affection, and the red envelopes that give back to others for their hard work, such as wedding girls, Taoist priests, monks and nuns, sedan chair drivers, drummers, coachmen, etc., are generally called "Huacai", and today they are called "tips".

It should be said that the red envelope culture not only reflects that Chinese pay attention to courtesy exchanges, but also have the mentality of not forgetting to give and not daring to be ungrateful.

As for the question of how to deal with the New Year's money, some people think that it should not be simply "confiscated", and they have come up with many ways to deal with it, such as saving it in the bank, buying books or taking the opportunity to educate children about financial management, etc.

It should be said that in addition to reflecting the Chinese people's emphasis on courtesy and exchanges, the red envelope culture also has the mentality of not forgetting to give and not daring to be ungrateful. On the seven continents of the world, wherever there are Chinese, the red envelope culture exists and is grandiose.

When Chinese living abroad return to their hometowns to worship their ancestors, they routinely give red envelopes to their relatives and friends.

Due to the intimacy of people and the thickness of the courtesy, the red envelopes sent out also have three grades: large, medium and small, and see who sends what red envelopes, which is also a characteristic of red envelope culture.

On the seven continents of the world, wherever there are Chinese people, the red envelope culture is impressive. (To be continued......)

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