- Name: Hóngbāo [紅包] ── red envelope 🧧
Hex Codes: [#c22627] [#d59e4b] [#feece8]
Traits:
- C | fur, one plant, longer tail
U | ears, two plant locations
R | horns
The most important thing is not the money, but the red paper of the red envelope itself
RED symbolizes happiness and fortune, thus wrapping your money in red is a way of blessing the receivers
When Hongbao was a child, he used to receive red envelopes, but now as an adult, it's his turn to continue the tradition & give back
On CNY, he hands out red envelopes to every child in the village, only asking for an auspicious new years greeting in return
- Some popular CNY greetings include:
(a) 恭喜發財，紅包拿來 (gōngxǐ fācái, hóngbāo ná lái) - Wishing you happiness and prosperity; give me a red envelope.
(b) 年年有餘 (niánnián yǒuyú) - Surplus year-after-year
(c) 身體健康 (shēntǐ jiànkāng) - Enjoy good health
(d) 吉祥如意 (jíxiáng rúyì) - Good fortune according to your wishes
And more greetings in line with the year of the Ox: 牛 (niǔ) means "ox"
(e) 牛氣沖天 (niǔqì chōngtiān) - Wishing you the "Chi" of being great reaches up to the heaven. No one is able to stop that.
(f) 牛轉乾坤 (niǔzhuǎn qiǎnkūn) - Wishing you turning all bad things around, into a good brand new world.
xxx"niǔ" 牛 in this phrase is used as a pun, which has two meanings: "to turn around" 扭轉 and "ox" 牛轉
