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In China, its the Year of the Horse!
Lion dancers perform at the opening ceremony of the Ditan park temple fair in Beijing on the eve of the Lunar New Year. (AFP photo)
Updated on: Jan 30, 2014 4:23 PM IST
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Lion dancers perform at the opening ceremony of the Ditan park temple fair in Beijing on the eve of the Lunar New Year. (AFP photo)
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Ethnic dancers from southwest China's Yunnan province perform at the Ditan park temple fair in Beijing on the eve of the Lunar New Year. (AFP photo)
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A woman stands near a stall selling decorations to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year Year of the Horse in Jakarta. Indonesia's ethnic Chinese was forbidden to celebrate the Lunar New Year during the 30 year regime of Indonesian dictator Suharto until his downfall in 1998. (AFP photo)
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Divers carry a man-made dragon, as part of Chinese New Year dragon blessings to wish all their guests boundless energy in the Year of the Horse. (AP photo)
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People walk past a 2014 installation at Lujiazui financial district of Pudong ahead of the Chinese lunar New Year in Shanghai. (Reuters photo)
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Traditional dancers perform during the opening of the temple fair for the Chinese New Year celebrations at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing. (Reuters photo)
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A performer, dressed as a Qing dynasty emperor, bows as he takes part in the re-enactment of the ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune, during the opening of the temple fair for the Chinese New Year celebrations at Ditan Park in Beijing. (Reuters photo)
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A family walks underneath Chinese New Year decorations during the opening of the temple fair for the Chinese New Year celebrations at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing. (Reuters photo)
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A man pulls ribbons from his mouth as he performs a feat of his strength during the opening of the temple fair for Chinese New Year celebrations at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing.
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A vendor arranges wooden horse which he sells for about 50 cents on the eve of Chinese New Year at Manila's Chinatown district of Binondo in the Philippines. (AP photo)
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Two women walk past decorations in Hong Kong on the eve of the Lunar New Year. Over a billion Chinese in China and millions more all over the world will be celebrating the Lunar New Year.(AFP photo)
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