臺北市: 華藝數位股份有限公司. Traditionally,
purple envelopes or purple packets (Mandarin: simplified Chinese: 红包; traditional Chinese language: 紅包; pinyin:
hóngbāo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-pau; Hakka: fung bao /
Cantonese: Chinese language: 利是, 利市 or 利事; pinyin: lìshì;
Cantonese Yale: lai sze / lai see) are handed out in the
course of the Chinese New Yr's celebrations, from married couples or the elderly to unmarried juniors or kids.后妃諸閣,又各進歲軸兒及珠翠百事、吉利市袋兒、小樣金銀器皿,並隨年金錢一百二十文。各以何為起點?
Archived from the unique on 1 April 2021. Retrieved
sixteen February 2021. 皇帝領到的壓歲錢的內容是這樣的:賜皇上之荷包,乃黃緞繡五彩加金,繡有歲歲平安四字,內裝金銀錢、金銀錁子、金銀八寶各一個(各五分重),口上插一小金如意,約二吋許。