Sunday, February 14, 2010

Happy (Lunar) New Year



(L-R) Zero Yau, Rain Siu, Ken Cheng and Gigi Hui in traditional Chinese and Western-style wedding costume take part in a wedding on Valentine's Day in Hong Kong February 14, 2010, also the first day of the Lunar New Year. The Chinese New Year began on February 14th and according to the Lunar calendar is the Year of the Tiger. (Reuters, via Daylife)

Actors dressed in Chinese traditional costumes attend a wedding ceremony to celebrate Valentine's Day, during a performance at a temple fair celebrating Chinese New Year in Beijing February 14, 2010. The Chinese New Year began on Sunday and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger. (Reuters, via Daylife)

A security guard stands next to actors as they wait to take part in a performance, adapted from an ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony where emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on the first day of the Chinese New Year February 14, 2010. The Chinese New Year began on Sunday and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger. (Reuters, via Daylife)

Actors holding flags take part in a performance, adapted from an ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony where emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on the first day of the Chinese New Year February 14, 2010. The Chinese New Year began on Sunday and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger. (Reuters, via Daylife)

Actors take part in a performance, adapted from an ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony where emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on the first day of the Chinese New Year February 14, 2010. The Chinese New Year began on Sunday and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger. (Reuters, via Daylife)

Actors take part in a performance, adapted from an ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony where emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on the first day of the Chinese New Year February 14, 2010. The Chinese New Year began on Sunday and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger. (Reuters, via Daylife)

A Chinese girl wearing tiger headgear is seen during the Spring Festival Temple Fair at Ditan Park in Beijing on the first day of the Chinese New Year, China, Feb 14, 2010. Millions of Chinese celebrates the Lunar New Year of Tiger that began on Sunday. (AP, via Daylife)

Chinese people perform a lion dance for the first day of the Lunar New Year celebrations at the Qianmen in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Millions of Chinese celebrated the Lunar New Year of the Tiger which began on Sunday. (AP, via Daylife)


Chinese people perform a dragon dance on the first day of Lunar New Year celebrations at the Qianmen in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Millions of Chinese began celebrating the Lunar New Year of the Tiger on Sunday. (AP, via Daylife)
A man holds incense sticks as he prepares for prayers in a temple during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations to mark the Year of the Tiger, in Jakarta's Chinatown February 14, 2010. (Reuters, via Daylife)

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14: Residents burn fireworks to celebrate the lunar New Year of the Tiger on February 14, 2010 in Beijing, China. (Getty, via Daylife)

Worshippers light incense near Dafo Temple in Chongqing Municipality on the first day of the Chinese New Year February 14, 2010. The Chinese New Year began on Sunday and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger. (Reuters, via Daylife)

Schoolchildren perform on the stage to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. (AP, via Daylife)

A man dressed as a Chinese God of Fortune walks inside the Resorts World Sentosa casino on Singapore's Sentosa Island February 14, 2010. Singapore's first casino, a key part of a drive to boost tourism revenue and please wealthy visitors, opened it doors on Sunday, Lunar New Year -- the most auspicious day of the Chinese calendar. (Reuters, via Daylife)

A man performs martial arts on the top of wooden totem poles during a show celebrating the Spring Festival at a park in Xiangfan, Hubei province, on the first day of the Chinese New Year February 14, 2010. The Chinese New Year began on Sunday and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger. (Reuters, via Daylife)

Worshippers hold joss sticks during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at the Lungshan temple in Taipei February 14, 2010. The Chinese New Year began on Sunday and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger. (Reuters, via Daylife)

An ethnic Chinese man offers a prayer under spiral joss sticks hanging at a temple on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Malaysian ethnic Chinese swarmed the temple to pray for good fortune. (AP, via Daylife)

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