Money

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In Chinese society, a red envelope or red packet is a monetary gift. The name comes from the red envelope in which the money is contained.

Red envelopes are often presented on social and family occasions such as a wedding reception or a holiday such as Chinese New Year. They are also the standard form in which cash for political bribes is given. The red color of the packet symbolizes good luck and the amount of money in the packet is often some lucky number (such as a number containing many eights, which sounds similar to the Chinese term for “prosperity”).

In Chinese society, the monetary value of the gift is very important and gifts of red envelopes are socially acceptable precisely because they allow the receiver to accurately measure the strength of a social relationship.

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