The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, will fall on February 5 and will mark the first day of the 'Year of the Pig'. During the holiday, Chinese communities all across the globe will visit friends and relatives, exchange gifts, present red envelopes with money inside to children, set off firecrackers and visit temples to pray for peace in the New Year.
Lanterns and dancing dragons: Asia ushers in Lunar New Year
The Lunar New Year will fall on February 5 and will mark the first day of the 'Year of the Pig'
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Girls display piggy banks at the start of celebrations leading to the Lunar New Year at Manila's Lucky Chinatown Plaza in Manila
© AP Photo/Bullit Marquez Pedestrians walk past a shop selling lanterns and Chinese traditional ornaments for the upcoming Lunar New Year or Spring Festival at Chinatown in Yangon, Myanmar
© EPA-EFE/LYNN BO BO Lion dancers perform in the streets of Chinatown in Yangon, Myanmar
© EPA-EFE/LYNN BO BO People walk past by a Spring Festival poster in Beijing, China. Lunar New Year, also named Spring Festival, will fall on February 5, 2019 and will mark the first day of the 'Year of the Pig'
© EPA-EFE/WU HONG This year is the Year of the Earth Pig on the Chinese Lunar calendar and is supposed to represent abundance, diligence and generosity
© EPA-EFE/AHMAD YUSNI A woman looks at pig plush toys in a stall at the Chinatown district of Singapore
© EPA-EFE/WALLACE WOON Vendors carry pig-shaped balloons for sale in Hanoi, Vietnam
© AP Photo/Hau Dinh A family passes under a buddha gate decoration ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations at the Dong Zen temple in Jenjarom, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
© EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL Thai Lion Dancing performers prepare for a rehearsal in Bangkok, Thailand
© EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT People walk past two pig scultures in Taipei, Taiwan
© EPA-EFE/DAVID CHANG Pig figurines are displayed for sale on the eve of Chinese Lunar New Year in Taipei, Taiwan. During the Spring Festival, Chinese all over the world reunite with family members, visit friends and relatives, exchange gifts, give red envelopes with money inside to children, set off firecrackers and visit temples to pray for peace in the New Year
© EPA-EFE/RITCHIE B. TONGO A family passes by pig decorations at the Dong Zen temple in Jenjarom, Malaysia
© EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL Colorful decorations are seen ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at the Dong Zen temple in Jenjarom, Malaysia
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