Every Lunar New Year, it’s a tradition in Chinese and other Southeast Asian societies to gift a red packet or envelope — called hóngbāo in Mandarin — filled with a monetary gift.

Red envelopes, or lai see, can be tricky to understand when you cannot read the Chinese on them – which is why one Chinese-Canadian decided to create envelopes with fresh, modern designs.

Lucky money envelopes—called lai see in Cantonese and hong bao in Mandarin—are given to children and, in some places, seniors in the first two weeks of the Lunar New Year, up until the first ...

Chinese New Year: Tradition of red envelopes One of the most cherished Chinese New Year traditions is the giving of red envelopes, known as "hongbao" in Mandarin, which contain monetary gifts.

Therefore, wearing red undies 24/7, every day of that lunar calendar year is believed to provide extra protection. 2024 is officially the year of the Dragon, so those born in 1940, 1952, 1964 ...

The Chinese new year falls on a different day every year because the date is worked out by the New Moon and the celebrations last for a whole 15 days. Woohoo:-) ...

Four Cambodians were crushed to death on Jan. 23 in a stampede for red envelopes containing money, which a prominent business tycoon offered as a goodwill gesture for Chinese New Year celebrations.

A Chinese family from Manchester has been involving their non-Chinese friends and neighbours in celebrating the Lunar New Year by gifting them red envelopes. Li-Nong Chi, 64 years old, has been ...