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Thread: 利市 - The red envelope
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[quote=MAY001,36735]Actually 利市 is what Cantonese called Red Envelope. During Spring Festival, Red Envelope was given to children. Money are packaged with the meaning of prolonging their childhood without having to grow too fast (压岁钱). Some stories said that 岁 (Sui) has the same meaning with 祟 (Sui), which was an evil monster appeared at New Year's Eve. The monster liked to scare kids at the New Year's Eve and the kids would became a fool after seeing the monster. Thus, kids and parents didn't dare to sleep during the New Year's Eve. And it's called 守祟 (Shou Sui), which later became to 守岁.[/quote]
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