I thank our ancestors that there wasn't any major mishaps as a result of the notorious Y2K bug. Good luck that our navigational controls are still functioning properly. Otherwise, our cyberjunks would have been propelled into the fourth dimension and we will never be in time to witness the Chinese New Year celebrations in Hong Kong, the 'City of Life'. Let me first enlighten you a little more on this joyous occasion.
People also give their doors and window-panes a new paint, usually in red color.
Paintings of the same theme are put up in the house on top of the newly mounted wall paper. In the old days, various kinds of food are tributed at the alta of ancestors. On New year's Day, children greet their parents and receive their presents in terms of cash wrapped up in 'red packets' from them. Then, the family start out to say greetings from door to door, first their relatives and then their neighbors. It is a great time for reconciliation.