1, lucky money first appeared in the Han Dynasty, also known as "money-averse" or "big money-winning". It is a coin-shaped exorcism product for wearing and enjoying, with characters or patterns cast on the front and back, with characters on the front, such as "Long live the Millennium", "Peace in the world" and "Eliminating evil", and patterns on the back, such as dragons and phoenixes, tortoise snakes, Pisces and fighting.
2. It is said that the lucky money is related to the court in the Tang Dynasty. According to the record in Volume 26 of Zi Zhi Tong Jian, when Yang Guifei gave birth, Xuanzong personally looked at it and gave her gold and silver money to wash her children. Besides congratulating the children, the money for washing children here is of more important significance. The custom of giving money to newborns gradually spread from the court to the people, and the Song Dynasty became one of the important folk customs.
3. It is said that the lucky money is related to Song Shenzong. It is said that during the period of Northern Song Shenzong, an official's son was taken away by bad people to extort money. However, on the way to escape, he happened to meet the imperial car passing by, and the official shouted for help, and the bad people were scared away. Therefore, the official was able to enter the palace with the imperial car and met the emperor Song Shenzong. After Song Shenzong knew this, he gave the official some money to scare him. This matter soon spread to the people, and people followed suit and gave the children some pocket money during the Chinese New Year, which was called "lucky money".
4. It is said that the lucky money is related to a little demon named Chong, who likes to touch the forehead of a sleeping child on the night of New Year's Eve. After being touched, he will have a high fever and talk in his sleep. A couple had a son in old age. On the night of New Year's Eve, in order to prevent thieves, they put a red paper bag wrapped in eight copper coins on their pillow. In the middle of the night, Chong appeared and was about to touch the child's head. This story was spread abroad, and everyone followed suit. People called this kind of money "money". Because "money" and "year" are homophonic, it has evolved into "lucky money" after a long time.