On the first five days of the New Year, families go to relatives' and friends' houses to wish them well. For children, the best part of Lunar New Year, aside from the food, is the red envelopes, or Hung Bao, that are given to them. I can't wait. In Chinese tradition, children put the red envelopes under their pillows until the New Year celebrations are over. The idea of sleeping on the envelopes is to press down the old year with money, which represents good fortune.
Some cultures do it by beating gongs and bells to drive away the old and usher in the new.
Others plant trees decorated with red paper for good luck to chase away evil spirits. In Japan, the New Year, or Oshogatsu, is welcomed with bells from the Buddhist temples. The bells are struck 108 times to remind people of the hardships and to usher in the new year. In parts of Korea, people welcome the new year with a ritual called Jishin Balpgi where loud drums and gongs are played to scare off evil spirits of the old year. The Vietnamese new year, Tet , is kicked off by planting a tree called Cay Neu in front of the home.