On Dragon Boat Festival, you can give gifts such as rice dumplings and special delicacies to your elders.
1. Sending rice dumplings
Eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival has become a traditional custom of the Chinese nation. Therefore, on the Dragon Boat Festival, you can choose to give your parents some of their favorite rice dumplings. Of course, if you can make some rice dumplings for your parents with your own hands, it will be more expressive.
2. Special delicacies
Food is rich in nutrients. Regular consumption can supplement various vitamins, amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates and other nutrients needed by the human body. It is a modern The best food for a balanced diet. Now that various Dragon Boat Festival special foods are on the market, you can choose some healthy foods to bring to your parents.
3. Living appliances
My parents have been working hard for most of their lives, and frugality has become a habit. You might as well buy some gifts related to household appliances to help parents reduce the burden and inconvenience caused by housework. Such as washing machines, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, etc. The hot summer is coming, so you can thoughtfully install an air conditioner for your parents.
Things to note when buying Dragon Boat Festival gifts
1. Do not give shoes
If you want to give gifts during the Dragon Boat Festival, it is best to ask the elderly before buying. The reason is that different gifts represent different meanings and contain different meanings. On the Dragon Boat Festival, many people buy shoes because of other people's preferences. Although shoes cater to other people's tastes, the connotation represented by shoes is really not good. As we all know, the homophone of shoes is "evil", which refers to evil sects, evil heretics, etc. Therefore, no matter how suitable the shoes are, don’t give them away casually.
2. Don’t give clocks and watches
On the Dragon Boat Festival, the younger generation will give gifts to the younger generation. For men, it is natural to be very happy to own a fashionable watch. However, no matter what kind of watch it is, everyone will definitely think of a clock. The word "clock" here also has homophonic pronunciation. It refers to "sending off the end". Therefore, if the elders receive a watch on the Dragon Boat Festival, they will be very angry. Isn't this a sign of sending off the end?