Name: How To Give Chinese New Year Gifts Gracefully - Shufa Life
Brand: shufalife.com
SKU: shufalife-com-3
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

How To Give Chinese New Year Gifts Gracefully - Shufa Life

preview

A new year, a fresh start!&nbsp; Approximately 1.4billion people celebrate the Lunar New Year, including domestic and overseas Chinese people.&nbsp; Chinese New Year is a time for large family gatherings and offering blessings for the upcoming year.&nbsp; While offering lucky blessings, Chinese people around the world often give gifts as a sign of respect.&nbsp; We will outline some of the most common Chinese New Year gift ideas below.&nbsp;In Chinese tradition, throughout the first days of the new year, it's customary to visit relatives, friends, and neighbors (拜年).&nbsp; &nbsp;There's even traditionally different priority&nbsp;associated to different relatives, with the closest blood relations visited first, followed by in laws.&nbsp; &nbsp;While visiting family and the community,&nbsp; it would be rude to show up empty handed, as in many cultures.&nbsp; Chinese culture places high importance on the concept of respecting elders and children (尊老愛幼), and no holiday is this more apparent than Chinese New Year.Legend has it that a long time ago around the new year, there was a monster called “祟” suì, who would scare sleeping children into waking up in tears.&nbsp; Then the child would develop a fever and become ill.&nbsp; Parents would stay up at night watching their children with the light on.There was a set of elderly parents who stayed up with their child, and gave some coins to the kid to play with. After the child fell asleep, they put the copper coins into a red envelope by the child’s bed.&nbsp; The parents were afraid of sleeping, but in the middle of the night the monster indeed came.&nbsp; As the monster reached over to touch the child’s head, he came upon the envelope of coins, startling him and scaring him away.The story spread far and wide, and thereafter, kids were given lucky money for the new year. Given that '祟' sounds the same as the word for age '歲', the term for New Year's money is commonly known as&nbsp; 壓歲錢&nbsp;Yāsuìqián.Whether you're trying to choose an appropriate gift for a large corporate or courting a small business, a little thought can go a long way.&nbsp;&nbsp;Within China family members may be traveling from afar, and Chinese New Year may be one of the few opportunities of the year to exchange gifts.While it's not traditionally customary to offer boyfriends and girlfriends gifts for the new year, as a gesture it still has significance.A carefully selected gift can help leave a good impression on any family you are visiting.&nbsp; Showing care for the family's health and well being is deeply rooted in Chinese culture.&nbsp; Many of the self care items above like teas, massagers, and herbal medicines would be appropriate.&nbsp; Giving a relatively practical gift also shows that you are thoughtful.&nbsp; Here are a few more gift ideas:Before stressing out, just remember that it’s the thought that counts.&nbsp;“千里送鹅毛, 礼轻情意重 - qiān lǐ sòng é máo,&nbsp; lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng”.&nbsp; This directly translates to when traveling a thousand miles to bestow a goose feather, the gift is light but it is a token of profound friendship.&nbsp; The value of the gift is not important at the end of the day.&nbsp; Armed with knowledge about cultural customs and traditions, you will find your gift most appreciated!What Chinese New Year gifts have been the most popular for you?Content is protected !!

A new year, a fresh start!&nbsp; Approximately 1.4billion people celebrate the Lunar New Year, including domestic and overseas Chinese people.&nbsp; Chinese New Year is a time for large family gatherings and offering blessings for the upcoming year.&nbsp; While offering lucky blessings, Chinese people around the world often give gifts as a sign of respect.&nbsp; We will outline some of the most common Chinese New Year gift ideas below.&nbsp;In Chinese tradition, throughout the first days of the new year, it's customary to visit relatives, friends, and neighbors (拜年).&nbsp; &nbsp;There's...

How To Give Chinese New Year Gifts Gracefully - Shufa Life

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS