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A Chinese boy stands in front of a tree with light decorations celebrating the Lantern Festival in a shopping area in Beijing, China, on Feb. 23. The Lantern Festival will fall on Feb. 24, the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, which also marks the end of the new year festivities.
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The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, begins on Feb. 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac.
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A performer inserts a live snake through his nose and mouth during a performance at the Ditan Temple Fair celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing on Feb. 11. The Year of the Snake, according to Chinese astrology, began Sunday.
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Performers from Shaanxi make their way down waterway with a "Flying Dragon" at the annual Chinese New Year Chingay parade to marks the year of the dragon in Singapore on Feb. 3. Seven countries from Egypt, China, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore took part in the parade which celebrates its 40th anniversary.
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Chinese performers take part in a traditional dance outside a shopping mall during a ceremony to welcome the Lantern Festival in Beijing, China, on Feb. 3. The Lantern Festival starts on Feb. 6, which is the 15th and last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, also known as Spring Festival in China.
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Millions around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, which began on Jan. 23 and welcomes the year of the dragon.
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Decorative red lanterns are hung on a tree ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at Ditan Park (The Temple of Earth), in Beijing on Jan. 20, 2012.
The Lunar New Year begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac.
The Associated Press reports today on an expected "dragon baby boom", as many people in China, Taiwan and other Asian countries believe that babies born in the auspicious Year of the Dragon are gifted with prodigious quantities of luck and strength.
See more images related to Lunar New Year on PhotoBlog.
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Tourists view lighting decorations featuring dragons at the City Wall New Year Lantern Festival on Jan. 16, 2012 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. The City Wall New Year Lantern Festival, running from January 16 to February 21, is one of the traditional events held to celebrate the lunar new year of Dragon.
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Lighting decorations at the City Wall New Year Lantern Festival on January 16.
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The City Wall New Year Lantern Festival, running from January 16 to February 21, is one of the traditional events held to celebrate the lunar new year of Dragon.
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A man yawns as he makes red lanterns with other workers for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at a workshop in Yaxi village, in Xianju county in east China's Zhejiang province, on Dec. 27, 2011.
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Workers carry red lanterns through a small lane outside a workshop in Yaxi village on Dec. 27, 2011.
Chinese Lunar New Year will fall on January 23, 2012, marking the beginning of the Year of the Dragon.
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A young girl wearing rabbit ears dozes off on a bench at a park fair on Friday, Feb. in Beijing, China.
See more Year of the Rabbit images on PhotoBlog here.
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Visitors wearing rabbit ear headbands watch a night parade held to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong February 3, 2011.
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Performers dressed as rabbits are seen during the night parade in Hong Kong on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011 as they celebrate China's lunar new year. According to the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit.
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Worshippers light incense on the first day of Chinese New Year at Wuquanshan temple in Lanzhou, Feb. 3.
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People pray while offering burning incense at a Taoist temple in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year on Feb. 3, 2011, ushering in the Year of the Rabbit.
See more Chinese New Year photos on PhotoBlog here.
Chinese people celebrate the Lunar New Year of Rabbit, which falls on February 3, 2011. The Chinese Lunar New Year also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day. See more on the celebrations here.
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Rabbits in little cages wait to be given away as prizes at a temple fair to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit on February 2, 2011.
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A Chinese artist dressed in rabbit costume poses at a temple fair to celebrate the Lunar New Year of Rabbit on February 2, 2011 in Beijing, China.
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Residents watch fireworks outside a restaurant on the eve of Chinese new year in Beijing Wednesday, on Feb. 2, 2011.
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Chinese folk artists perform at a temple fair to celebrate the Lunar New Year of Rabbit on February 2, 2011 in Beijing, China.
The statistics are staggering, from the Associated Press: About 230 million people — more than the entire population of Brazil — are expected to take part in the world's biggest annual human migration. For many, it's the only chance they get to visit home all year.
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A man sits on his luggage in a queue outside Guangzhou train station on Jan. 30.
The busiest travel days will be Monday and Tuesday, as millions take to the roads, boats, planes and trains to join family for the traditional New Year's Eve "reunion meal." The lunar new year falls on Thursday. Read more.
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Holiday-makers prepare to depart from Guangzhou train station on Jan. 30.
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Holiday-makers stand on an escalator at Guangzhou train station on Jan. 30.
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A woman carries a sleeping child to a waiting area at Guangzhou station on Jan. 30.
See how the Lunar New Year is celebrated in Romania.
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Citizen Ding Yi performs spurting fire from mouth on Jan. 26 in Xiangyang, Hubei Province of China. As the lunar New Year draws near, the Chinese have begun decorating their streets and homes to celebrate what is considered the most important festival of the year.
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A man tends to his peach blossom orchard in a garden in Hanoi, Vietnam on Jan. 26. Vietnam is preparing for Tet, or lunar new year, the most important holiday of the year. Many households buy peach blossoms, qumquat trees and flowers to celebrate the new year.
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A military officer walks through a peach blossom orchard garden in Hanoi on Jan. 26.
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