Around the Lunar New Year holidays, it is common in Chinese culture for people to give money in red envelopes as gifts. These gifts represent sharing prosperity and good fortune with one’s family. The act of giving red envelopes started in ancient China. The practice is actually two separate cultural traditions combined over time. The first involves the importance of the color red, while the second relates to giving money to keep evil spirits away.
在农历新年期间，人们将钱放进红包作为礼物在华人文化中是很常见的。这些礼物代表与家人分享繁荣和好运。送红包的行为始于古代的中国。这种做法其实是两种不同的文化传统随著时间推移而结合在一起的。第一个与红色的重要性有关，第二个则关于给钱以驱除恶灵。
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separate a. 不同的，各自的
involve vt. 涉及，牵涉
relate to... 涉及……，与……有关
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