Meaning Li Xi Tet continue.

New Year red packets

Conversation around "lucky money" in cash and by New Year's Day ... word! Listen to the words "lucky" people immediately think of red paper bags, small paper in student quarters, inside a packed some new bills. So the words "lucky money" come from? How its origin? We phosphate la "natural level" through researchers, asked directly by mouth, have lifted the book, see the explanation the word "lucky" high achievement is "lucky money".

Dictionary today by the Institute of Linguistics, Centre dictionary such study, from the lucky position explains, "is lucky lucky money (in cash). Money lucky for me the first day of the New Year." "Lucky money" in cash is not limited to one day of Tet, which "instant scissors" During the first three days, even lasted until the days of "th" as the last of the 9th Festival, st 10. According to a of whom we spoke to, as Nguyen Quang Tuan tools, Huynh Ngoc Trang, Pham Dan Que, they still continue to hold lucky. Researchers Information Society said: "It's part of the flavor imbued Vietnam Tet, especially for children, making children miss New Year as a time to open the New Year, beautiful fairy." With musician Nguyen Van Ty, author Du sound, just so lucky "as long as you do not give children lucky money dollars, not in place, which sets spending nowhere to feed them." Professor Vu Hoai Nhon (Tran Trinh Nhon), eldest son of the Prince of Bac Lieu (Tran Trinh Huy), it says that: "My father died on 21 December in 1973 in Saigon Quy Suu. Earlier that year, eating the the last New Year, he was lucky I though I was 27 years old. I did not forget the warm red envelope, showing affection of a father who always look down their children as little time remaining in Bac Lieu ". Cao Son researchers explain: - English word is beneficial lucky money market, read the music of Guangdong, Chaozhou city, "Le - i - XI", only for the amount donated during the first occasion, the opening and both in marriage anymore, not confined to the Lunar New Year.

Tranh  Tam Tinh: Phuoc Loc Tho

Lucky to recipients wishing luck, thrive. Chinese usually put money in red paper bag. Vietnam people we did the same, common in southern Tet. In the central region, the parents and grandparents, children and grandchildren principal men Tet new money called "lucky money". Not only adults descendants lucky, but in the past, the children have grandparents lucky before. Through Eve, to the day of an early morning, the children told each other to the church to celebrate Tet and bowing grandparents, parents. Not only bow to empty, can not bow to the Lord wants to bow to some, but according to Toan Anh writers, only two bow bow ... and a half. O sons finished to know "Aromatic Herbs" by the father of things respectfully offered fresh fruit cake and a pink paper style: Inside Room finely creased paper has put a bit of money, to a decent tray and joy, welcome the comments for specific, such as "pre-opened restaurant". This money is not intended to take the heavy purse, which implies specific wishes of fullness throughout the year, good luck. There continue to celebrate this age. Grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, aunt lucky boy child class, children. Friends relatives to whom the child Tet's lucky there. Or landlord to welcome Tet children go lucky guests. The main significance lies not in "money" where "love", ie the desire or wish for the children to eat fast growing, playing, learning to attack, and much less severity envelope (money) is not it is worth to care much. Even without a penny but only ... words. Handwriting loud, bold to "gift" lucky as the following story.

Ago, there was one home, too poor, born three sons. TET father had no money to lucky. Afternoon thirty, he thought of a way, taken into 3 red paper envelope, finely creased exterior looks bright crimson as the other lucky style. But inside does not give money, but rather by 3 pieces of paper he wrote three letters castigate: Phuoc - Loc - Tho. Through a mosquito morning, the father called his son to the previous three altars, rub their heads, smiling with 3 lucky they were light envelope, after having explained what is Phuoc Loc is, What is Life ... After Tet, entered the new year, no doubt he found the talent, money wealth surges. Thoắt so, back to the thirty-December. Italy about poor old remembers missing Tet, frugally, he will recur how to belly "lucky money" in letters to three children, "Fu Lu Shou" never forget that, we were warm and well fed from a past recent hunger. Who died, after receiving the envelope is complete, three children peeled off, each of them will find a mere word Phuoc Loc Tho also two letters disappeared. The father was surprised no less. Four father and son are wondering, where suddenly a man came and said: "I am the god of this land blessed. Blessed that word because I give. Just have it also includes all three: fortune, fortune, life, because there blessed fortune might have new, long life. so no need to bridge fortune, life requirements, just a word blessed to celebrate early age is enough ". Speaking then, gone. Looking back style lucky, all four father and son stunned again for blessing word also disappear, on blank paper, white.

Painting Phuoc Hue and Carp.

Then the gods out since Monday to hear a story of four father and son celebrate ancient age. It's a story well known throughout Asia, spreading across Tibet and the Himalayan ranges, on the Yellow River basin, the Yangtze in China, imported to Vietnam for a long time, about a bless be blessed, become rich but very stingy. He forgot the good things, the committee found a sweet, generous that I did in a past life, so gather a golden ink on their own, in this life, put it in the urn, buried in a secret indoor location not told anyone. Even his son is not well known hiding places. Later in life, he fell ill. After death, the soul he was obsessed gold jar, old house is back, seeking to squeeze into cold hard his corpse, but helpless. Seeing this, a dog near the foreboding has ceded his lowly body to the other rich people reside in, and flew into the air airy. Rich man also replace physical mastery of four-legged animals, satisfy the "live" again, with a broken oil line familiar animals such as dogs. That dog strangely all day is not going anywhere, idling on the front porch. That's just in a certain place close doors. Every child (now the landlord) chased away, a moment not so long it turned back again, as if to leave that place as it leaves its life so. Enjoy the blessings that result is a golden urn, which is now becoming very blessed si tied it to participate. One day, a past master, told the children: "Hey there, do you know that dog is?". "Yes sir no". "I say that, it's your father. Why it idling land parcels around the clock at the door watching it? It is because it's nostalgic treasures buried. Dig up". Children marveled, for test-site training dogs usually located, is indeed found gold jar below. Shaken because of this, children awaken, refuse to own the gold, leaving the great masters according to the mountain, which later became one of the first patriarch of Zen history. This position disenchantment that, if doing good, be blessed that favored immediate lack wisdom will become dangerous stupidity like other dogs so. Be blessed, lack lily, is like lying on a stack of gold, pearls pile and still suffering, deprivation, Bothered. When he finished, the gods said, "That is why we have to remove the white letters in envelopes blessed be your lucky. It's just good sense if the same twin-favored, with not only a driving force for endless vicissitudes of life. Now you take a look ".

Father of four shows on the envelopes appeared two letters Phuoc Hue. The words are so lucky to every soul has to go through the winter to the beginning of a new year freeze.END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.2/1/2017.