After lighting the cannon, everyone drank a cup of sugar tea first, and then Chu Jiaqiang took a few apples to wash, and gave everyone one each: "Peace and security, you can also eat a Guzi, Dagu Dali!" ”

After eating some of these New Year's goods, the second aunt took Ye Caiping and Chu Jiawan to the kitchen together. This meal was eaten early, and it was not much worse than last night's.

After listening to the sound of firecrackers for so long, Jackton next door was already woken up when he fell asleep. Chu Jiaqiang invited them over for dinner again, and this matter was actually agreed last night.

Jackton: If they want to eat, if they don't come to Chu Jiaqiang, they can only make some toast, steak and the like. They don't know how to cook Chinese food at all, and the chef at home has already gone back for the Chinese New Year, and it is estimated that it will be a few days before they can come back.

After they came, everyone met with a few words of blessing. The second aunt gave them a red envelope for every time they were not married, and Jackton was already ready to wait for them. They also knew that they only needed to give the red envelope to those who were not married, so they stuffed a few for Chu Jiawan.

Chu Jiaqiang used the computer to play a few popular New Year's songs, which are very popular in the countryside, and those who have conditions and VCDs at home will buy a few pieces and sing them during the New Year.

"Huh! Why, everyone hasn't slept enough, has he? Chu Jiaqiang said with a smile.

Mu Dezhen nodded, I didn't go to bed until one or two o'clock last night, and it was already full of firecrackers from five o'clock in the morning, counting, that is, about three hours, where would I get enough sleep?

"You must get up early this morning, eat, play for a while, and if you are sleepy, you can continue to go back to sleep." Chu Jiaqiang said to them.

Brother Wren is very nervous today, and when he heard that everyone met for a good New Year, he also shouted like this. Jackton didn't hesitate to wait, and was very happy to give it a red envelope. Brother Wren took it in his mouth, and then took it back to his lair.

Similarly, baby squirrels they have. Of course, the two mice didn't care, they didn't pay attention to the other entrances at all, Xiaojin went out with his daughter-in-law again, and he didn't know where to go. The two big tigers didn't dare to go up to give red envelopes, so they hung a few for the little tigers. The snow sculpture won't want it, and they won't be able to give it to the money turtle on the other side of the reservoir.

After eating, sure enough, those children came in groups to pay New Year's greetings.

New Year's greetings are a traditional Chinese folk custom, which refers to the New Year's greetings to the elders of the family and to congratulate relatives and friends.

What we usually know is that on the first day of the first month, the head of the family leads the juniors to go out to meet relatives, friends, and elders, and congratulate each other on the New Year in ancient auspicious language. When the lord enters the house, he is warmly entertained with snacks, sweets, red envelopes, etc.

The custom of greeting the New Year in China has been practiced for a long time. In ancient times, there was a distinction between New Year's greetings and New Year's greetings: New Year's greetings were to bow to the elders; The Chinese New Year is a time for peers to congratulate each other. Now, some institutions, group holidays, enterprises, and schools gather together to congratulate each other, which is called "group worship".

New Year's greetings, in fact, there is also a legend, many people may have heard of it.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a kind of sprinkling, the head nail had a long horn, and the mouth was like a blood basin, and they called it "year". On the night of the thirtieth day of the lunar month, it will run out of the mountains and forests, preying and devouring it. They had to prepare some meat and put it outside the door, and then close the door and hide at home, until the morning of the first day of the new year, after the "New Year" full meal, they went away, and they opened the door to meet each other, as a greeting, and congratulated each other.

"Happy New Year, everyone!" A group of children shouted loudly, and their movements were very consistent, bowing to Chu Jiaqiang and the others, and being polite.

Chu Jiaqiang waited for him to enter, and it was not easy to make it difficult to enter the house, so he hurried to share the red envelope. The second aunt took out a big box, which contained a lot of things, melon seeds, oil horns, cakes, winter melon candy, lotus root candy, etc., for the children to take. The little ones were not polite, and reached out and grabbed a large handful, and stuffed it into their pockets.

When they came to Chu Jiaqiang, these children didn't get five or six big red envelopes, and it is estimated that they are also the bulk of this year's red see money. They know that there will be no less than fifty red envelopes here, especially a few gringos.

I also ate things and took red envelopes. The little ones had no intention of lingering, and continued to set off for other places, apparently preparing to tour the village. Little squirrels and other small animals followed, and the wren took the lead.

At this time, Chu Jiaqiang's phone rang again, all of them were calls to congratulate the new, and there were a lot of text messages, and Chu Jiaqiang replied politely.

"There are a lot of New Year's cards in the computer!" Ye Caiping said to Chu Jiaqiang. Nowadays, many friends who have entered are from the south to the north, and it is impossible for them all to go to the New Year, so they can only rely on phone calls, text messages and the Internet.

In particular, e-New Year's cards are becoming more and more popular. This thing is actually quite good, the production is beautiful, and it won't waste too much resources and so on.

However, New Year's cards are not a product of modern times, they appeared a long time ago. Although the details of this are uncertain, they must have existed before the Song Dynasty. In ancient times, it was popular to send New Year's greetings to each other. The New Year's greeting diamond is today's New Year's card, which evolved from an ancient business card.

In the Song Dynasty, if there are too many relatives and friends in the neighborhood, it is difficult to visit the door, so that the servants are sent into to bring business cards to pay New Year's greetings, called "flying posts", and a red paper bag is pasted in front of each house, and the words "receiving blessings" are written on it, which is used to bear the release of flying posts. This custom began in the upper class of the Song Dynasty. Because the upper ruling class and scholars of the Song Dynasty felt that it was time-consuming to visit each other's homes to pay New Year's greetings, they switched to famous posts to congratulate each other.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the style of sending New Year's greetings to the New Year was more prevalent. The design of the Ming Dynasty New Year's card is more perfect and jing, and the post is not only printed with the name and address of the sender, but also written with the greetings of "Happy New Year" and "Gu Xiang Ruyi".

Not long after, Brother Wren flew back, holding a red envelope in his mouth, placing it in his wooden house, and then flew away quickly, as if he was very busy, and he didn't bother to say hello to Chu Jiaqiang and others.

"Let's go celebrate the New Year, too!" The second uncle brought the red envelope and prepared to go to the door.

The second aunt stayed at home, and everyone couldn't go out, if they didn't come in to pay New Year's greetings, wouldn't they not be there?

Therefore, New Year's greetings are actually very particular about time, it is best to find a suitable time and learn to control the time.

Choosing the right time is the first element of New Year's greetings. Due to the usual hard work. If you come to the door too early to pay New Year's greetings, you will often be caught off guard. Some people like to choose to pay New Year's greetings at night, and sitting for several hours will inevitably affect the rest of the main entrance. The length of stay is generally half an hour to 40 minutes, so as not to be polite and not affect the reception of other guests. During the New Year's greetings, if you enter the door to say "Happy New Year" and leave in a hurry, it will give you a feeling of "lack of sincerity".

Of course, tonight is also the time to practice your eloquence, your stomach is out of stock, and it will be boring if it is a good New Year. In fact, there are also a lot of New Year's greeting words, as if what is smooth sailing, two dragons take off, three sheep open Thailand, four seasons of peace, five blessings, six six Shun, seven stars shine, eight directions to wealth, ninety-nine concentric, perfect. ()

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