In Hong Kong, we have a lot of important festivals. So, I would like to talk about Lunar New Year. We’ll eat festival food with our family, receive red pockets, post some lucky messages on the wall in our home. The festival and its traditions remain the same, but their format is a bit changed. For example, having dinner and festival food with family is the meaning of unity and emphasize the importance of family in traditional thought in Hong Kong. However, the dinner seems to be a fixed activity during festival only. Also, elders give red pockets to youngers is an action to show their blessing on children. The development of internet causes the red pockets can give out through online payment. Is that meaningful? I don’t think so. Last but not least, lucky messages are originally written by hands in the past whereas there are printed version nowadays. 

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