Celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year
Millions of Chinese people around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year, which marks the beginning of the Year of the Sheep. It began on February 19.
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Chinese performers re-enact a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune at the Temple of Heaven as part of the Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing on February 21, 2015. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A Chinese woman walks past the statue of Marianne at the Place de la Republique as the Marais district Chinese community celebrates the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Chinese women gather in the Place de la Republique as the Marais district Chinese community celebrates the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Chinese performers re-enact a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune at the Temple of Heaven as part of the Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing on February 21, 2015. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People perform the Chinese traditional lion dance during the dragon and lion dance competition marking the Chinese Lunar New Year, Year of the Sheep, in Yangon on February 20, 2015. (Soe Than WIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- In this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, Annie Leung, 12, is lifted by her father to touch a guandao – a type of traditional Chinese weapon – in a gesture that is supposed to bring good fortune in the coming year, at Man Mo Temple in central Hong Kong. The temple pays tribute to the God of Literature (“Man” in Chinese) and God of War (“Mo” in Chinese) traditionally worshipped by scholars in ancient China looking to succeed and excel in civil examinations that would win them high positions in the government. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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- Malaysian ethnic Chinese women have their souvenir photograph taken with traditional Chinese lantern decorations at Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Buddhist Temple in Jenjarom, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)
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- A Malaysian ethnic Chinese child touches an illuminated sheep statue at Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Buddhist Temple decorated for the Chinese Lunar New Year in Jenjarom, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)
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- An unidentified woman hangs prayers for luck on a tree at Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Buddhist Temple decorated with Chinese traditional lanterns in Jenjarom, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)
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- A visitor takes photographs of an illuminated sheep statue at Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Buddhist Temple decorated for the Chinese Lunar New Year in Jenjarom, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)
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- Musicians perform during dragon and lion dance competition marking the Chinese Lunar New Year, the Year of the Sheep, in Yangon on February 20, 2015. (Soe Than WIN/AFP/Getty Images )
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- Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on February 21, 2015, in central Paris. (FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People perform the Chinese traditional lion dance during the dragon and lion dance competition marking the Chinese Lunar New Year, Year of the Sheep, in Yangon on February 20, 2015. (Soe Than WIN/AFP/Getty Images )
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- In this picture taken on February 19, 2015, a family take pictures of their wishes tied to plastic oranges hanging from the branches of a special tree in the remote village of Lam Tsuen of Hong Kong’s new territories. Carnivals and fireworks are Hong Kong’s trademark Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations — but tens of thousands of people also travel to a remote village to hurl oranges at a tree in hopes of making their wishes come true. (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People burn incense as they pray for good fortune at the Jade Buddha Temple on the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shanghai on February 21, 2015. (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A woman burns incense as she prays for good fortune at the Jade Buddha Temple on the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Shanghai on February 21, 2015. (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Chinese performers re-enact a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune at the Temple of Heaven as part of the Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing on February 21, 2015. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Chinese performers re-enact a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune at the Temple of Heaven as part of the Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing on February 21, 2015. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
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- People watch Chinese performers during a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony at the Temple of Heaven as part of the Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing on February 21, 2015. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Chinese performers re-enact a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune at the Temple of Heaven as part of the Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing on February 21, 2015. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
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