"Accompaniment" is a gift from a companion, which is the ancient meaning of "accompaniment". In addition, it also refers to the wedding gift to the guests after the wedding.
In the past, Chinese society was an agrarian society with a strong sense of human kindness. Whenever they went out or returned home, they would bring small gifts to their friends and relatives in order to show their care and courtesy. These hand-me-down gifts are not valuable products, but represent the emotional connection between people, just a small hand-me-down but on behalf of the sender's heart, it can be said that the gift is light and the heart is heavy.
Entering the modern society, accompanied by a gift has not only focused on contact with the emotions of a small gift, and become a commercial marketing around the famous products and specialties of the moniker, but also to carry accompanied by a gift for the people to provide a ready-made choice. Some products with local characteristics have become synonymous with accompanying gifts. In Macau, there are even many stores selling handmade souvenirs under the right banner.
Companion gifts around the world:
1, Taiwan companion gift
Companion gifts, many people in Taiwan will be called "danlu", but also the pronunciation of the Taiwanese accompaniment gift, its origin is rumored to be It is because the people of Taiwan in the early days of hardship, the New Year's festivals to friends and relatives of the gift, not just buy on the road to buy, but the whole family to save or their own hard work to produce the accumulation of the hard work, like alchemy as arduous, such as that sincere and thick heart.
Another way of saying it is "waiting for the road", which means waiting for guests to come from afar. China has always had a habit of honoring gifts, so the accompanying gifts are like waiting for the road, so that people have a sense of anticipation. Familiar Taiwanese souvenirs include pineapple cake, cowberry candy and sorghum wine, as well as coral, hinoki wood and Yingge ceramics.
2, Beijing companion gift
In 2012, a company in Beijing launched a companion gift book series, which includes Beijing catering food refreshment tour. There are also cultural tours such as the Beijing Planetarium tickets, Beijing Museum and many other exhibition halls, and more leisure and green life experience tour.
Let people experience Beijing culture while enjoying food. The new era of hand-me-down gifts will be more colorful for people's lives. The "Gift of Companion" will play, eat, culture, gift combination of the four with the new era of innovation.