Red Envelopes: Money gifts for Lunar New Year!

As the season of Lunar New Year begins, here are a couple of links to descriptions of the practice of giving cash as gifts wrapped in red envelopes to singles and children. The first is a feature on NPR from last year and talks about the practice of giving red envelopes among Asia migrants.

Show Me the Money In You Lunar New Year Envelope - NPR

The second is a study by students at the University of California, Irvine (located in an area of the country with a large concentration of Asian American communities) on the details of the practice of giving red envelopes. Peisha and Wenjie, feel free to add your comments to these two accounts.

Red Envelopes-Anthropology Department, UCI