According to local environmental group Greeners Action, Hongkongers go through 320 million red packets every Lunar New Year – this amount of paper envelopes requires about 16,300 trees.

While it is a tradition to fill red paper envelopes with ... electronic payments as well as used envelopes and banknotes. The appeal to mark the Lunar New Year in a more environmentally friendly ...

Lunar New Year has become a global celebration and a surprisingly positive period for Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto — replete with modernizing the hongbao (financial gifts in red envelopes ...

On Lunar New Year Day, families traditionally gather for lunch, often wearing red which is considered a colour that brings luck and prosperity. Children receive red envelopes which contain ...

22 January marks one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture, the dawn of the Lunar New Year. Chinese New ... which is received inside a red envelope. But this tradition has also ...

Image caption, The tiger is a symbol of strength and bravery in China - here, an ornament sits beside an example of the red envelopes which are handed out as a Lunar New Year tradition Another ...

(Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) Santana Row Lunar New Year Celebration: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 1 at Santana Row, San Jose. Enjoy lion dances, cultural performances, surprise red envelopes and more.