The lunar New Year, called the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival in China, is traditionally observed with a pile table with cash -filled food and red envelope for children.
In the previous years, smoking from outer fire pits filled the air throughout the morning and afternoon, as people burn paper money to ensure that the ancestors may feel a financial boon that the biggest holiday of the year usually alive Brings to live.
In recent years, however, China’s economic recession has changed the Chinese New Year atmosphere. Facing the growing financial burden, young people are re-designing traditions organized as they welcome the year of the snake, selecting more frugal options during this year’s eight-day national holiday.
A 30 -year -old legal worker from Shanghai, who did not want to use his name for fear of vengeance, told VOA that the trinkets and supply stores for the store appeared unusually uncommon.
Hey people appear for big shopping, which mostly appear in the custom of giving red envelopes filled with money-the new year symbolizes good luck and prosperity.
“With the goods purchased for the new year, red envelopes have become more simple and less thicker,” said Shanghai resident.
He told VOA that he usually gives an envelope to the niece of Heis within about $ 140, but this year, he is planning to give him $ 90.
Talk on social media
Disappointment with the economy is expressed on social media – young people are saturating online threads with images and comments, which will describe the pressure and criticism during the holiday.
An account “I Don Don Dot a Damn Abour Banana” has been posted on Rednote, which has been posted a series of fun images, expanding the level of young, unmarried and unemployed people, posted a series of fun images, which will cope during the holiday.
“You have not earned any earnings, but you still have to give a red envelope to young children,” the user wrote, giving a small bill to a cat on a woman’s photo.
Many others provide that it is advisable to reduce the possibility of investigation by the family.
“Unique-Me” wrote on the Chinese social media platform Weibo: “Now the economy is not good, it is just good for an income. If you are in a difficult situation, you can accept that you don’t make. There is no need to be normal.
Facing the economic crises, some local governments are advocating austerity. Gwangshi, Bais City, suggested that the amount of funds should not come out in a red envelope.
This initiative encourages the younger generation to give “blessings gifts” to the younger generation with memorial importance or emotional value rather than red envelopes.
The move has attracted extensive attention, many social media users have expressed their support for positive impact programs on financial and mental health. Some suggested that the blessing should be publicized nationwide.
Workplace concern
The size of red envelope was exchanged in the workplace and there is a possibility of insecurity of jobs among employees growing on the new year holiday allowance.
“Economic recession is not only reflected in my meer salary, but in a red envelope given by the boss every year,” with life with life “said Weibo.
A user named “Let’s Tree to Happy” commented on Weibo: “My company is in a recession.
A 39 -year -old government activist in Dalian, who spoke to the VOA on condition of anonymity due to security fears, said that despite having a family and a stable job, she would limit her holiday expenses.
The wife and mother said, “We have to reduce some unnecessary expenses, search as to buy less can and snacks, and we try to buy simple things out when winning.”
Chinese Spring Festival customs -changes in reviews are affected by many factors, but the economy is most important, said Sun Guoxiang, a professor in the Department of International Affairs and Trade at Nanhua University, Taiwan.
Sun said, “Economic recession has created the ability of depression. Young people pay more attention to rational consumption and real needs, which reduces the final high-cost parts of the customs of the traditional spring festival, “Maragin and education cannot be ignored as the drivers of this trend, which includes the work that involves the work, which includes work, which includes work,” said Surya.
Hey Chinese New Year’s future and how it will be celebrated will depend a lot on China’s development and can the country overcome the economic decline.
