Finally, an important piece of etiquette on receiving a red packet is not to open it in front of the giver.In someways I prefer red packet and I could buy whatever I wanted.Well...don't they say that it's the father that counts?Yeah...you know, anyway Chinese New Year Year is not just one day like Christmas,but the celebrations actually go on for 15 days but different traditions on different dates, what's your favorite day of the Chinese New Year Year?Well...for me it is the New Years eve that all the families gather and make dumplings together.What about you, Ben?Well...for a westerner, I spent my fresh year of Chinese New Year celebrations.When I lived in hong kong as a child, my favorite day was the last day of Chinese New Year―yuanxiaojie or Lantern Festival.We used to go to the beach with lanterns, when I spent a year studying in Taiwan I found out the taiwanese go to town even more with lanterns. check this out.Now when I was living in Taiwan, I lived with Taiwanese host family. During the new year we spent many days eating, the host family even gave me red packets.
