Chinese New Year

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Final preparations are being made for the Chinese New Year of 4715, as millions of people across the world prepare to ring in the Year of the Rooster in style.
Often called Lunar New Year or Spring Festival – the literal translation of the contemporary Chinese name – Chinese New Year will fall on January 28th.
New year celebrations are considered to be one of the most important events in Chinese culture, with spectacularly visual and artistic performances and events taking place all over the world.
Markets are packed with people buying traditional decorations for their homes and food and drink to be consumed during the festivities.
 <p>Residents set off fireworks on the eve of Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) </p>
 <p>Men perform a lion dance ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Phnom Penh, Cambodia January 26, 2017. (REUTERS/Samrang Pring) </p>
 <p>Dragon decorations outside a shop on Gerrard Street in Chinatown, London, as preparations are made ahead of the Chinese New Year celebrations at the weekend. (Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images) </p>
 <p>A Chinese girl covers her ears as residents set off fireworks on the eve of Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) </p>

 <p>Chicken-shaped lanterns installed in Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD), to celebrate the Chinese New year, on January 26, 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Edi Ismail / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) </p>
 <p>A waiter serves up dumplings on the eve of Chinese New Year during a “1,000 people dumpling feast” in Liuminying village on the outskirts of Beijing Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Villages and cities across China are preparing this weekend to celebrate Lunar New Year, though few feasts are as elaborate as the one in Liuminying, a hamlet in Beijing’s suburbs. Festivities in recent years have been more muted as China’s economy has slowed down – hitting its lowest level of growth in three decades last year – and its top political leadership has issued calls for austerity. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) </p>
 <p>An Ethnic Chinese Thai family prays in front of their house as part of celebrations for Chinese New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Chinese New Year falls on Jan. 28 this year, marking the start of the Year of Rooster, according to the Chinese lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) </p>
 

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