You may have noticed small red envelopes in banks during the Lunar New Year. They're for money — "lucky money" — to be offered as gifts. "People who are married or elders will put money into ...

22 January marks one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture, the dawn of the Lunar New Year ... which is received inside a red envelope. But this tradition has also seen some ...

An estimated 2 billion people celebrate Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring ... People also exchange hóngbāo, or small red envelopes containing money, usually given by the older ...

Lunar New Year ... is the giving of red envelopes filled with money. These envelopes are given to children and unmarried adults to wish them luck and prosperity in the coming year.

Hongkongers go through 320 million red packets every Lunar New Year – this amount of paper envelopes requires about 16,300 trees. To advocate for a less wasteful festive tradition, Greeners ...

I love that they’re continuing to observe Chinese New Year and share the traditions with their friends. We send li see ...

For some, the new year is rung in on when the calendar turns from December 31 to January 1. But there are many others who celebrate the new year on a different day. The Lunar New Year is an ...

Simple practices of family gatherings, giving red envelopes ... tradition that they will keep as one way to pay respect to ancestors who had passed on. Credit: Mary Ha Celebrating the Lunar New ...