World met the New Year by the lunar calendar

As you all probably know, in the night from Sunday to Monday in the world took place on the transition to the new year on the lunar calendar. How you met him? Despite the title of Chinese New Year, celebrated it, not only in China.

However, the main festival is held in China. It all started with an annual traffic problems. As transporters tried, but 200 million people carry a few days beyond the power of any transport system.


















One of the key attributes of the holiday, except for lights and scented sticks, a rice cake.















The main holiday, of course, took place in Beijing.



































But across the country feeling of great triumph has not disappeared.



























In Shanghai, the first day of the New Year, a festival of lights, and dancing with the dragon.













In Beijing, hundreds of thousands who visit the temple to pray for health, wealth and happiness.











Refugees from North Korea worship their ancestors dwell in the land of the DPRK in the new year, Paju, South Korea.



Celebration in Manila, Philippines.











Fireworks in Macao.





And this is celebrated in Jakarta. Those Dancing Dragon and temple attendance.







Do not lower the Chinese diaspora in Singapore.







Centre holiday in Malaysia became the capital of Kuala Lumpur.





Calcutta, India.









In Los Angeles, several Buddhist temples, but the most popular is considered Hsi Lai.











Thailand does not need the Chinese, the Buddha is honored millions of local residents.









Even in a very "not Chinese" the celebration of Madrid, Spain :)



And finally, Vietnamese greetings from Hanoi, although the feast they called strange - Tet.



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