02/08/2016
Today is Chinese New Year 2016! The year of the MONKEY!
To the Chinese, red represents good fortune, and so around the New Year the color can be seen everywhere in Chinese cities: red lanterns hang in doorways; red paper cutouts adorn windows. And a staple of the holiday: red envelopes, called "hongbao" in Mandarin, or "lai see" in Cantonese, are filled with cash and given by married people to children, unmarried relatives and friends, and employees. The sum is typically an even number, and it shouldn’t contain the number four, which is considered unlucky because it sounds like the Chinese word for death.
Wishing Everyone A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!