The Chinese Bainian and The Chinese Hongbao

Early on the first morning of the Spring Festival，families set out to pay a lunar New Year visit to each other after the members of each family greet each other with lunar New Year wishes.This is called in Chinese Bainian，meaning paying the Spring Festival visits and greetings.

Usually，the young pay a visit to the old while the people about the same age share equal greetings；then，visits are paid in sequence to relatives of close kinship，relations，neighbors，teachers，friends and colleagues.To kowtow used to be one of the rites involved in paying the spring Festival visits，but now it is replaced by the Spring festival greetings with best wishes，for instance，wishes for a good fortune.When the junior pay the senior theSpring Festival visit，the latter are supposed to give the former some money as a gift，which is known“money for an added age.”

Chinese Hongbao

Giving hongbao（red packets or red envelopes）during the Chinese New Year is another famous tradition.Red packets are every child’s dream during the Chinese New Year.A red packet is simply a red envelope with money inside to symbolize luck and wealth.Red packets are symbolically handed out to younger generations by parents，grandparents，relatives，close neighbors and friends.The practice represents a desire for good fortune and wealth in the coming year.

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