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紅包 Hong Bao = Gift of $$$$
Giving Hongbao (red packets) during the Chinese New Year is another tradition. A red packet is simply a red envelope with gift money in it. Married adults and the elderly give these hong bao to children and unmarried young people during Chinese New Year as an act of well wishing and blessing.
The sum to be placed in the red packet should be in an even figure. NEVER give out sums in odd figures as this is taboo - only contributions made during funeral wakes are in odd numbers since the Chinese believe very strongly that good luck should be in pairs (or even numbers) while deaths, moaning and bad luck should only happen singly (in odd numbers).
紅包 Hong Bao = Gift of $$$$
Giving Hongbao (red packets) during the Chinese New Year is another tradition. A red packet is simply a red envelope with gift money in it. Married adults and the elderly give these hong bao to children and unmarried young people during Chinese New Year as an act of well wishing and blessing.
The sum to be placed in the red packet should be in an even figure. NEVER give out sums in odd figures as this is taboo - only contributions made during funeral wakes are in odd numbers since the Chinese believe very strongly that good luck should be in pairs (or even numbers) while deaths, moaning and bad luck should only happen singly (in odd numbers).