Lunar New Year celebrations from China, Malaysia and around the world

Xiaoxue Yang and Tina He, away from their families for the first time, were anxious to mark the Chinese New Year early.

The Chinese zodiac is divided into 12 years, each year representing an animal: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. And this is the year of the Monkey which is not believed to be a particularly lucky year for Monkey people.

“I think it’s well known right across China that we do the biggest and the best celebration outside of Asia”, Ms Moore said.

A performer in a monkey costume poses during a photo call to welcome in the Chinese New Year of the Monkey in Trafalgar Square, Britain. “In Chinese New Year we should share as much as we can”, she said. Prayers and festivals along with parades marked the celebration of the Spring Festival. “Only love for Argentina, and good luck for everyone”, Monica Chao, a Chinese-Argentine said while watching the dragon performance.

The sun shone brightly in Liverpool today as people lined the streets of Chinatown for the start of the Chinese New Year celebrations.

Growing Chinese communities across New Zealand are celebrating in style and other New Zealanders are getting in on the act too.

Numerous traditions Ai enjoyed as a youngster will be included in regional festivities, especially at the Los Angeles Lantern Festival at the Chinese American Museum.

In a video message, Ban introduced himself and said “happy lunar new year” in Chinese. REUTERS/Jason LeeA member of security personnel stands on duty on an empty train platform inside a station on the Subway Line Number 1 on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. Sunderland on 13 February will be a tough game because they are fighting relegation, but I think we’ll win by two goals. Many people wear new clothes and send Chinese New Year greetings to each other. People do eat long noodles in the first several days of the new year as a symbol of long life.

UI: It’d have to be the traditional lion dance!

The red envelopes are meant to symbolize wishes of good luck, and in some Asian countries local businesses will give red envelopes to their patrons. The last such year was 1956, for the abacus-challenged. Every year you just kind of clean off everything that happened the year before and start again.

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