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As Chinese New Year draws near, WeChat has quietly dropped an update that’s set to spice up your festive celebrations. The latest 8.0.56 version now allows users to upload their own photos and create personalized hongbao ('red packet' or 'red envelope') covers — just in time for the upcoming holiday season! Post-Chinese New Year . Pass time on Red Dog Day. The third day of Chinese New Year honors the God of Blazing Wrath and is also known as Red Dog Day. This is when it is custom to stay home. Snuggle up indoors and pass the time with WeChat Speed – available in your “Discover” tab. Celebrate everyone’s birthday While we are on the topic of digital red packets, people are selling AI-generated artwork as red packet designs this year, according to the Chinese publication Guokr. After WeChat allowed users to Each year, Tencent publishes an official report about its WeChat user activity days after the Chinese New Year holiday. This year is no different: according to the report, there were 768 million users (that was over half of China’s population) exchanging digital red packets through WeChat. In 2017, WeChat recorded a staggering 14.2 billion hongbao transactions on the eve of Lunar New Year alone. While the initial excitement around the digital hongbao has waned over time, the This is also a common activity during Lunar Chinese New Year. Hong bao (红包) is the Mandarin word for red packet or red envelope which is also called as lucky money. Big Chinese tech companies make this red packet popular with Tencent introduced WeChat Red Packet during 2014. The volume of users using WeChat – the social media ‘super app’ that rules the roost in Chinese ecommerce – was up 23% this Chinese New Year compared to the last, with UK and international businesses seeing a steady rise in activity as they become more creative with how they engage Chinese shoppers. Data released by WeChat, the social The volume of users using WeChat – the social media ‘super app’ that rules the roost in Chinese ecommerce – was up 23% this Chinese New Year compared to the last, with UK and international businesses seeing a steady rise in activity as they become more creative with how they engage Chinese shoppers. Data released by WeChat, the social The new Holiday Greeting red packet feature this year lets users send digital red packets to friends and family along with a Chinese New Year blessing. However, users cannot decide how much to send in these digital red packets as WeChat’s system will randomly set a figure based on numbers deemed lucky in Chinese numerology (like 3, 6, and 8 To mark the New Year of the Snake, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has released a new WeChat emoticon package. The set features 16 uniquely designed emoticons, capturing the festive cheer of the Lunar New Year Chinese New Year Customs in the Year of the Snake. Chinese New Year (春节, chūn jié) will begin on January 29, 2025, and celebrations will last until the Lantern Festival (元宵节, yuán xiāo jié) on February 13. Here are some customs to look forward to: Happy Chinese New Year! 🎉; 🎉 May the Year of the Tiger be a year of growth and prosperity for you. Happy Chinese New Year! 🐯; 🐲 Wishing you a new year filled with happiness, prosperity, and many precious moments with your loved ones. Happy Chinese New Year! 🧧; 🎆 May every step you take in the new year be filled with joy and Pre-Chinese New Year Preparations and Activities (Jan. 7–Feb. 12, 2025) Jan. 7, 2025: Laba Festival. Some Chinese start to celebrate and prepare for Chinese New Year as early as day 8 of the 12 th month of the lunar calendar. As a follow up to the podcast, in Spring Festival 2015 (February 2015), WeChat delivered over 1 billion Red Packets. Less than one year later during New Year 2016 (January 1, 2016), WeChat users sent each other over 2.3 billion Red Packets. Read More We Chat About WeChat #5: Red Packets – WeChat’s Secret Weapon in Payments >> According to WeChat, owned by digital media business Tencent, 420 million people sent each other lucky money via the app’s payment service on the eve of Chinese New Year. WeChat has seen a total The upcoming Chinese New Year in 2025 will usher in the Year of the Wood Snake, a zodiac that occurs every 60 years. As families and communities prepare The House of Harry Winston celebrates the Chinese Year of the Dragon with an exceptional timepiece. For 2024, the Chinese New Year will be welcomed in a luxurious rose gold case distinguished by its crown graced with a pearl at noon. Gleaming with the brilliance of Harry Winston diamonds, the case frames a dial decorated with the figure of an imperial red dragon cavorting in dreamy white As we usher in the year of the sheep, it’s only appropriate to get into the spirit with WeChat stickers and we have two sticker packs specially designed for Chinese New Year to do just that: Happy Spring Festival . This year, Mon-Mon, Curly Pete and Frog and Horse are gathering around as one big WeChat family to honor the Lunar New Year. Each A traditional gift for children during Chinese New Year, red pockets (hong bao in Mandarin), are small red envelopes filled with lucky money. Chinese New Year, namely the Spring Festival in China, falls on Jan. 29th, 2025. From the morning to the midnight of the New Year's Eve, people use the app Wechat
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