Parents' pocket money and New Year's gift to nephew: ``One million won will fly by''... Lunar New Year is scary for people in their 40s and 50s = South Korea

“The Lunar New Year (Seollal) holidays usually cost more than 1 million won (approximately 110,000 yen).If you include the cost of the offerings, pocket money for the elderly in the family, and New Year's gifts for nephews and grandchildren, Lunar New Year but
I'm afraid it's coming.'' As the Lunar New Year holidays approach, the 40-50 generation, which is the foundation of the family, has many worries. The cost of preparing offerings becomes a burden due to high prices, but the ``inflation'' effect also applies to pocket money.
This is because the expenses have increased due to the increased use of the funds. Mr. Lee (59) said, ``When the economy was good, I opened my wallet with a good heart, but now I have to pay for oil and gifts.''
Before Imo, the standard was 10,000 to 30,000 won (approximately 1,100 to 3,300 yen), but now you have to hand over 50,000 to 100,000 won (approximately 5,500 to 11,000 yen) for admission and enrollment.
"If we hold off on troops, we'll have to add on top of that, so it'll be a big expense," he said with a sigh. According to the results of a recent survey of 1,239 executives and employees by Eugene Group,
The most burdensome item among Lunar New Year expenses was ``parents' allowance (40.6%).'' Next, "Lunar New Year gift cost (25.2%)", "New Year's gift etc."
The most common responses were "spending money for my nephew (10.0%)," "expenses for eating out (8.3%)," and "expenses for offerings (3.4%)."
In particular, we must take care of the older generation of parents and the younger generation of children.
For middle-aged people, the burden is even greater, as they have to be responsible for providing their parents and nephews with their allowance, gifts, and eating out. Looking at expected expenses by generation, people in their 20s spend an average of 4
It was predicted that people in their 30s would spend 79,000 won (approximately 54,000 yen) and 701,000 won (approximately 78,000 yen) for those in their 30s. In particular, those in their 40s cost 924,000 won (approximately 103,000 yen), 5
It was revealed that the cost for those under 0 and older is 948,000 won (approximately 106,000 yen), which is close to 1 million won (approximately 110,000 yen).