People pray to their ancestors on the second day of New Year. On the fifth day of the New Year, people eat dumplings and signify the birthday of the Chinese God of wealth. The seventh day is considered to be the common man’s birthday and includes a customary salad eating ritual. The ninth day signifies offering prayers to the Jade Emperor of Heaven. The fifteenth day is celebrated as the Lantern Festival. On this day people eat rice dumplings as a way of concluding the festival.

The lantern festival is a stunning visual treat that one can sight during the Chinese New Year. During this festival craftsmen display various multicoloured paper lanterns in shapes of butterflies, dragons, trees and many more.