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Large crowds of believers came to Wong Tai Sin Temple for the First Incense Offering All believers walked in one direction to pay homage at different temple halls The number of visiting believers during New Year is immense The smoke and flames lingered in front of the Main Altar at Wong Tai Sin Temple Following the Chinese custom, some foreigners also asked for a lottery poetry at the designated area in front of the Main Altar

The 2nd and 3rd day of the New Year is the peak period for visiting the Shatin Che Kung Temple Legend has it that Che Kung was the Great General of the Southern Song Dynasty. The inhabitants of Shatin built the Che Kung temple in hopes to suppress the plague. Believers spun the windmill in hopes for better luck After paying homage to Che Kung, believers hit the drum in the belief that this would alert the deity Outside the Che Kung Temple there were ad hoc stalls selling pinwheels and items of worship

A highly authentic Wishing Tree was used in place of the original tree in Lam Tsuen. The visitors were still enthusiastic in casting the offerings It is more environmentally friendly to use plastic mandarin oranges in place of real ones The visitors wrote their wishes on the offerings and hung them on the wishing tablet The New Year market at Fong Ma Po Tsuen was set upto cater to the New Year crowds The villagers of Kam Tin Heung lighted the lantern at the Tang Ching Lok Ancestral Hall to mark the addition of male family member