Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a little monster named Chong, who came out late at night on New Year's Eve and liked to touch the head of a sleeping child with his hand. The child was often scared to cry. On the second day, people either have a headache and high fever, or they become idiots, which makes people with children afraid to sleep. When the lights are on until dawn, it is called guarding. There was a couple who gave birth to a precious son in their fifties, and the Eight Immortals passed by here, so it was difficult to count this child.

The Eight Immortals turned into eight copper coins and kept them by the child's side. After the child fell asleep, the couple wrapped a bag of copper coins with red paper, put them next to the child's pillow, and blew out the lights and went to bed. In the middle of the night, as soon as I reached out to touch the child's head, the pillow gave off a series of glittering gold lights, which scared me to flee for my life. The next day, the old couple told their neighbors about wrapping copper coins in red paper. After that, everyone followed suit and gradually evolved into lucky money.

Introduction to lucky money

Lucky money, also known as pressing precious money, is distributed to the younger generation by the elders after dinner in 2008. It is said that lucky money can suppress evil spirits, and the younger generation can spend their first year safely when they get lucky money. In folk culture, lucky money means to ward off evil spirits and bless peace. The original intention of lucky money is to ward off evil spirits. On the morning of the first day of the first month, the younger generation will pay a New Year call to their elders, who will give them a new year's call. Under normal circumstances, on New Year's Eve, the mother will put the lucky money sealed with red paper under the child's pillow.

Historically, there are many kinds of lucky money, which are generally distributed to the younger generation by the elders during the countdown to the New Year, indicating that they are pressing, which contains the concern and sincere blessing of the elders to the younger generation. The other kind is given to the elderly by the younger generation. The age of this lucky money refers to the age, which is intended to look forward to the longevity of the elderly. The earliest traceable lucky money written in the Han dynasty, also known as winning money, is not circulated in the market, but is cast as a ornamental object in the form of coins, which has the function of avoiding evil spirits.