It’s a very cheerful holiday. 50 million expatriates are celebrating outside of China. And they say the Spring Festival is getting more popular and it’s being observed by foreigners too.
Influenced and transformed by the internet with social media, Chinese younger generations have adopted a new mobile custom of this red-packet-giving in the celebration of Spring Festival.
Historians say the Spring Festival was first celebrated in Xia Dynasty 4000 years ago. Some of the initial traditions were recorded on Oracle Bones.