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Q: why do Chinese give a red envelop "hong bao" with some money inside?
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Because in Chinese culture, you are not supposed to "open" a gift in front of the person giving it to you, so it is placed inside a hong bao.
Most of hung baos ar given to children and un married teen agers during New Lunar Year festival.
It is also a discrete way of bribing others.
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10 years 42 weeks ago
Hong Bao is suppose to be lucky and is typically given at the beginning of spring festival for a luckier and richer new year, some where in their tradition it changed into every occassion.
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10 years 42 weeks ago
