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During Tet, the Lunar New Year Festival, Vietnamese adults offer red envelops with one or a few brand new bank notes inside to elderly people and children.


Such a small amount of money Cheap MLB Jerseys , around 100,000 Vietnamese dong (4.4 U.S. dollars), is called "mung tuoi" (a congratulation for aging) in the northern region, or "li xi" (the Vietnamese pronunciation of the Chinese term of "li shi" or "lai see" meaning "benefit" in Chinese) in the southern region.


During Tet, it is customary for Vietnamese people to visit their parents, relatives, friends and acquaintances to wish them a happy and prosperous new year.


There they will give "li xi" to the host's children to wish them luck.


Elderly people receive lots of good wishes from their visitors and will be offered even greater amounts of money based on the closeness of the relationship.


As the money is brand new and put into red envelops, with red traditionally being the color of luck Cheap Hats , it is considered to be "lucky money."


The most beautiful red envelops on sale during Tet in Vietnam, are imported from China. This lunar New Year 2016 is the year of the monkey, so Vietnamese people prefer red envelops with images of monkeys or Chinese characters meaning "happiness", "wealth" and "longevity."


According to Vietnamese experts, lucky money used to be merely symbolic, but now as commercialization grips society and relationships among people become more and more pragmatic, the actual value placed on the envelops has increased, and the initial meaning and innocent purpose is gradually fading away.


Psychologist Nguyen Kim Quy Cheap Hoodies , who works for the Child Protection Department under the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, said original meaning of "mung tuoi" is to wish small for children to grow up quickly and be healthy, so the value of lucky money was very small, but this is no longer the case.


"Parents should teach their children to understand that 'mung tuoi' holds a spiritual