In Chinese society, “red envelope” refers to a monetary gift placed in a red packet because the color symbolizes good luck. That’s where Red Envelope got its name. Was the San Francisco-based gifts ...

A short video from the Shunde district in Foshan city, South China's Guangdong Province, has recently taken Chinese social media by storm. The video shows a bride in a small wedding hall taking a ...

Every Lunar New Year billions of red envelopes stuffed with money are exchanged physically and virtually as a token of good fortune in the New Year. This year Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 28 and will ...

Everyone knows what an ang pao is, but not a lot of people know the legend that elevated it to the symbolic status it holds today Red envelopes are one of the most iconic symbols of the Lunar New Year ...

Getting a fat hongbao, or red envelope, stuffed with crisp new notes is one of the hallmarks of Chinese New Year, which starts today and runs for two weeks. As China’s tech companies build their ...