The Chinese tradition of giving red packets gets a digital update

Beijing, Chongqing and Chengdu led the cities in China in terms of sending and receiving the most number of red packets.

One of the enduring traditions for Chinese communities globally is for adults to give the young red packets containing money during the Lunar New Year as a blessing of good luck and well wishes.

Broadly speaking, many Chinese consider marriage as the definition of adulthood, and therefore those who have entered into matrimony earn the right to dispense red-paper packets to those who have not.