The legend of why red envelopes are given.
发红包的传说故事1H;5lKO^||SyQQ7~2lmA。
During the Chinese New Year period, the married or elderly give red envelopes to children or unmarried juniors.
在中国新年期间，已婚或年长的人，会给孩子或未婚的少年发红包SiJhHSST)RUwPYSftDb。
A red envelope is also called "Yasuiqian", suppressing Sui money.
红包也叫作“压岁钱”cK;@RX#_.k!SD。
Do you know why red envelopes are given?
你知道为什么要发红包吗？
According to a legend, on New Year's eve, besides the monster Nian,
根据传说，在除夕夜，除了年兽之外，
there was a demon named Sui, that came out to terrify children while they were asleep.
还有一个叫祟的妖怪，会在孩子们睡觉时跑出来吓唬他们)1.IU)fum^0-1。
It was said that the children who were touched by the demon would be too scared to cry out,
据说被这个妖怪碰过的孩子都会吓得不敢哭出来，
would get a terrible fever and even become mentally unstable.
会发烧，甚至精神不稳定yc%KX!suFcnEx5c。
To keep children safe from being harmed by Sui, parents would light candles and stay up the whole night.
为了保护孩子们的安全，家长们会点上蜡烛，通宵不睡v3]vKLk~|HL7BMJ[ZtA。

On one New Year's eve, in an official family household, the parents gave their child eight coins to play with in order to keep him awake.
有一年的除夕夜，在一个官宦家庭中，父母为了让自己的孩子保持清醒，于是给了他八枚铜钱来玩b#*Q|abtfokKqb|。
So as to stop him being hurt by the demon,
为了不让孩子遭到妖怪的伤害，
the child wrapped the coins in red paper, open the packet, re-wrap it and reopen it, until he was too tired and fell asleep.
孩子要把铜钱用红纸包好，然后再打开红纸，再重新包好，再打开，直到最后累得睡着了XhRUYj~g^p7LTG4^q[B。
Then the parents placed the packet with eight coins under his pillow.
然后这对父母就把装有八枚铜钱的小包放在了孩子的枕头下面1MQg[[~h3X9~-。
When Sui tried to touch his head, the eight coins emitted a strong light and scared the demon away.
当祟要摸他的头时，这八枚铜钱突然发出耀眼的光，把妖怪给吓跑了AS.g)^G=xgBA3@rD6s。
The eight coins turned out to be eight fairies, and guarded the child the whole night.
这八枚铜钱原来是八位神仙化身而成，他们负责整夜守护着孩子VI;MpfP3nw。
From then on, giving red envelopes has become a way to keep children safe and bring good luck.
从此之后，发红包就成了一种保护孩子们安全和带来好运的方式了5&Q54F)KAm!_X#U5n~xu。