In mainland China, digital hong bao became one of the most popular ways for people to send blessings to each other after social media platform WeChat launched its digital red packet function in 2014.

Originally meant to ward off evil spirits, the red packets - called lai see in Cantonese and hong bao in Mandarin - are today given by married people and the elderly to bring good luck to younger ...

open the red packets you received over the Lunar New Year – if you have not done so already. According to Chinese tradition, opening these red envelopes, or hong bao, before the new year ...