Red Envelope – 紅包 – hóng bāo

紅包 is the quintessential item for any Chinese New Year celebration. 紅包 is a small little red envelope, decorated with good luck Chinese characters or symbols. It is used to place money and given out to kids. Traditionally, married adults will give 紅包 to all the kids that great them on the New Year. There are many differnt kinds of red envelopes these days, so you can really have a lot of fun picking out the best one. This design is cute for the kids and a little more contempary, it also has the tiger, so perfect for the new year.