Lunar New Year celebrated around the world

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18 February 2015 at 8:59 pm

Performers present a lion dance during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in New York's China Town

A man walks past a snow-covered large lantern on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year during the temple fair in celebration of Chinese New Year, at a park in Beijing

A Chinese Buddhist monk walks under decorations at a temple, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Nonthaburi province

A woman prays with her joss sticks at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore

A man and a girl stand next to an installation of goats in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing

Worshippers wearing sheep caps make their first offerings inside Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong

A woman poses under paper lanterns, celebrating the Chinese New Year, at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing

A couple hugs each other as they prepare to go to their hometowns at a railway station in Beijing

Dancers perform, as part of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, on the floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange in Manila's Makati financial district

People join the queue to be the first to plant their joss stick of the Lunar New Year at the stroke of midnight at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore

Devotees offer joss sticks ahead of the Lunar New Year at Kwan Im Thong Hood temple in Singapore

Devotees wait to plant their first joss stick of the Lunar New Year at the stroke of midnight at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore

A woman hangs a paper crane with her wish written on it during a Chinese New Year eve celebration at Chinatown in Manila

The head of the dragon dance costume is seen as dragon dancers perform as part of the festive Chinese New Year celebrations in Bangkok's shopping district

Lion and dragon dancers perform as part of the festive Chinese New Year celebrations in Bangkok's shopping district

Traditional musicians perform during a lion dance at the opening of the temple fair for the Chinese New Year celebrations at Ditan Park, also known as the Temple of Earth, in Beijing

Drummers from France rest during a rehearsal ahead of a Lunar New Year night parade in Hong Kong

Students from Taiwan Shih Chien University Sung Jiang Battle Array walk during a rehearsal ahead of a Lunar New Year night parade in Hong Kong

People walk under a Chinese Lantern display during a Chinese New Year eve celebration at Chinatown in Manila

Workers cook roast ducks for religious offerings ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Bangkok's Chinatown

A man carries roast duck for religious offerings ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Bangkok's Chinatown

People take a selfie inside a Chinese temple ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Bangkok's Chinatown

Worshippers rush in to make their first offerings inside Wong Tai Sin Temple

A worker carries offering papers before upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, at Petak Sembilan temple in Jakarta

Fireworks explode at the River Hongbao Lunar New Year Celebrations along Marina Bay in Singapore

A visitor walks in between peach blossoms at a Lunar New Year market at Hong Kong's Victoria Park

People rush to plant the first joss stick of the Lunar New Year at the stroke of midnight at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore

Vendors sell toy sheep inside a Lunar New Year market at Hong Kong's Victoria Park

Toys are displayed at a vendor's shop at Ditan Park in Beijing

Millions around the world headed home to celebrate the year of the goat (or sheep or ram depending on how you translate it) with their families, as lunar New Year starts Feb. 19, 2015.

Trains in China were jammed as people returned to their family homes. Apartments were cleaned to sweep away ill fortune. Traditional red envelopes, called hongbao or ang pow are offered for good luck and prosperity in the New Year.

Factories in parts of Asia shut down but the holiday is celebrated globally. In Sydney, Australia processions, lion dances, and dragon races welcomed the New Year. New York welcomed the holiday with a fireworks display on Tuesday over the Hudson River.

Each year, at the stroke of midnight, hundreds of people vie to be the first to place joss sticks, or incense, in an urn at the temple to mark an auspicious start to their year.

Children born in the Year of the Sheep are fortunate: The Chinese regard sheep as an auspicious animal, and the Year of the Sheep brings promise and prosperity. Those considering this the Year of the Goat are lucky, too. Goats are described as peace loving, kind, and popular in Chinese astrology. (Yahoo News)

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