A Rational View of Folk Culture, Cleverly Handling Disguised Begging
They used shuttles back and forth between various shops and stores in a form of entertainment that people liked to see. After congratulating on the words like “Beginning of the Year” and wishing to make a fortune, they generally started to wait for their owners’ red envelopes. This is a good plan for doing business. Since “God of Wealth” and blessings are sent to the door, it’s perfectly reasonable to reward hard-earned money. However, this year in the banner of folk culture, people who come to New Year’s greetings seem to have a lot of extras. They have to make merchants overwhelm and their scalp go numb. Many retail colleagues complain about this.
The owner of Sunshan Town, Jingjiang City, told the author: Some time ago, he received a lot of such “buying guests”. He was upset and worried that in the evening, the store came again. The man dressed as a God of Wealth looks into the store with a portrait of a god of wealth about 20 centimeters in length. In his mouth, there are rich words such as congratulations on making a fortune, making a good fortune, visiting the god of wealth, and prospering business. In the face of these harassment and harassment, the Sun boss was really impatient and cheeky: "You haven’t finished delivering the God of Wealth. We already have the God of Wealth in the store. You go!" "I’m not selling the God of Wealth. It’s sending the God of Wealth. Then the God of Wealth will be prosperous. Don’t send money to you to send you away?" The man did not know what to do and he continued to carry some people in his mouth. Unhappiness. Although this person was later blown out of the door by the furious boss of Sun, the glass on the kitchen window of Sun’s boss store was actually smashed by bricks on the same night.
These people who deliver wealth and send blessings are usually dictating their foreign accents. The rewards paid by the owner are generally around 5 yuan and 10 yuan. The owner of the retail household Luyang in Zhaoyang Township, Xinghua City, also said: The purpose of these various forms of “baiting” is to ask for money in the name of New Year. If we ignore them, they will be cheeky, go to the store to perform even more trouble. When we open a shop, the places in the shop are generally arranged very compactly. After they come in, they will definitely affect normal business order. Only by giving them a few dollars early and sending them away can they be all right. Land boss also said: This kind of "New Year professional household" is actually no different from begging. They are the tarnishing of traditional folk culture.
Speaking of “obtaining visitors” using folk culture as a tool for disguised begging. Li Xiang, a retailer in Huangqiao Town, Taixing City, was even more enthusiastic. He said: In the past ten years and eight townships, there were about 20 to 30 dragon dance teams, because there was a “long dragon spirit” and “long dance auspiciousness”. So every year on the Chinese New Year, every household has long prepared incense sticks and firecrackers. It is hoped that the dragon team can stop at their own front door. It is best to dance a few times and dance to their own liberties and dances. However, the current “Dragon” is the first person in the dragon and the Dragon Tail one person is dancing. The “Dragon” can also dance up to three or five people. If it is said that sending the God of Wealth and Lion Dance to the five to ten dollars is good, this There is no fifty or one hundred dollar bill for dragon dance. You may not send it at all. Although many businesses are very disgusted with this method of using dragons to pay New Year’s money, they have no alternative.
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