Meanwhile, family members exchange best wishes among themselves. If Grandpa is living with his oldest son, father, who is the youngest, brings him the most beautiful narcissus. Mother and the children come with him. When all are about to kowtow to Grandpa, he waives that ritual mark of respect, then spreads a large piece of red paper with silvery spots on the table. From her betel box, Grandma takes shiny coins wrapped in red paper and gives those symbolic gifts to father, mother and the children.
Incense sticks are lit and all prostrate themselves before the ancestral altar.
The family then pays visits to the maternal family, the children's teachers, to the family physician, to friends and acquaintances. At each visit, much overdrawn wishes are exchanged. Kneeling before the altar, each will shake a vessel filled with bamboo sticks until one jumps out. On the fourth day of Tet, a farewell meal is offered to the spirits of the ancestors. Paper votive offerings are burnt.