Plunge first stick of incense at Lunar New Year for luck

One of Taiwan's most important traditions creates mayhem in temples all over the island at midnight on Lunar New Year's eve, when people surge into their local temples in the hope of being the first to put their first stick of incense of the year into the temple's giant incense burner in the hope of ensuring good luck for the whole year.

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