During the Chinese New Year here in China people celebrate 15 days each day having a particular purpose or activity that you preform.  Throughout the New Year grandparents and parents give the children a Hong Bao.  Hong Baos are small red envelopes with money inside.  These Hong Baos are meant to give joy and good fortune to the receiver.  Well, yesterday we were invited over to the house of a family from our school who are Malaysian for a End-of-Chun-Jie party.  At the party we talked about each day of the Chun Jie celebration.  At the party our hosts gave each of the unmarried guests (it is the custom to give Hong Baos only to the unmarried) a Hong Bao.  I am constantly learning about new customs and traditions in China!  I was so excited to get my very first Hong bao this year!

Usually the Hong Bao envolope is red but this time it is pink so we called it “fen hong bao” meaning “pink treasure” where as Hong Bao means “red treasure”.