Sending rice is actually meaningful. Rice is a very magical and precious crop. In ancient times, it was honored as "Valley God". Lao Tzu said, "The immortal God of the Valley is called Xuanzang. Rice symbolizes food, in addition, it also represents abundance, meaning: financial resources are rolling! Moreover, in ancient China, because of productivity, "rice" had the meaning of "money" in many places in China. " "Having rice" is equivalent to "having money", and "sending rice" means wishing each other prosperity.
Moreover, the salary of ancient officials used to be calculated and distributed by meters, and the so-called "five buckets of rice don't bend over" came from this. Therefore, sending rice not only symbolizes peace and wealth, but also means sending money!
The custom of New Year in China
The custom of the Spring Festival is the custom of China people during the Spring Festival. Due to the different regional cultures, the customs in different parts of China are different in content or details and have strong regional characteristics. For thousands of years, people in China have always regarded the Spring Festival as a major event. Before the Spring Festival, we should make a lot of preparations and buy a lot of things, such as food, use, clothing, clothing, play, supply, dry, fresh, raw and cooked, which are collectively called "new year's goods".
Dust cleaning, also known as house cleaning, house cleaning, dust removal, slag removal, dust removal, is one of the traditional folk Chinese New Year customs in China. Sweeping dust means year-end cleaning, which is called "house sweeping" in the south and "house sweeping" in the north. Its original intention is to sweep away all "bad luck" and "bad luck", and to pin on the good wishes of the Chinese nation to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters and welcome good luck.