Hongbao, usually a red envelope(信封) with some money inside, is a kind of traditional gift in China. It is a way to show love, good{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(wish) or blessings(祈祷). This tradition{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(start) more than 2, 000 years ago when old people used to give money to their grandchildren for good luck in the coming New Year.

    Now something has changed. People prefer to send virtual(虚拟的) hongbao instead{#blank#}3{#/blank#}the traditional one and it helps people give or receive hongbao more{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(easy) on the mobile phones. This new form of hongbao has become very popular with the WeChat users. During the Spring Festival, I gave out at{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(little) 300 yuan by using WeChat and was unable{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(get) back most of the money I gave.{#blank#}7{#/blank#}I got the smallest hongbao with 0.01 yuan in it, I still had great fun. No matter how people send hongbao, the meaning behind it is{#blank#}8{#/blank#}same.

    However, some people, especially the young, spend so much time on the virtual hongbao {#blank#}9{#/blank#}they don't have much time with their family. This also makes{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(they) tired and it's bad for their health and study. So what do you think of the virtual hongbao?

Jerry Sun is 28 years old. He {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （spend） the Chinese New Year with his family every year. "It is part {#blank#}2{#/blank#} our family tradition, wherever we live or spend it," said Sun.

Sun was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} b in Shandong. All his family {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （move） to New Jersey14 years ago. He went to junior high school {#blank#}5{#/blank#}college in New York. Now he works {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a bank clerk in Manhattan. Though he is busy, he lets nothing stop {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （he） from spending the Chinese New Year with his family. Sun always takes {#blank#}8{#/blank#} few days off every year to be with his family at festival time.

"I think it is because my parents take every Chinese New Year {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （serious）, even though we live in the US," said Sun. "We cook together. We make {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （dumpling） every year." Sun also added that they took an {#blank#}11{#/blank#} （act） part in watching the CCTV New Year's Gala （春晚）. They could feel the love, kindness and {#blank#}12{#/blank#} （happy） of Chinese people.

Being a Chinese- American, Sun said he got the {#blank#}13{#/blank#} （good） of both China and the US. He likes the {#blank#}14{#/blank#} （color） cultures and celebrates festivals from both.

Sun said, "Spending the festival in the most {#blank#}15{#/blank#} （tradition） way is what we can do to keep the culture."