Re: Chinese Daily Photos, Videos & News of 2013!!!
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 09: Fireworks illuminate the skyline to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year of Snake and cause severe air pollution on February 9, 2013 in Beijing, China. The Chinese Lunar New Year of Snake also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)
A Chinese man prays for health and fortune on the first day of the Lunar New Year at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. Millions across China are celebrating the arrival of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, marked with a week-long Spring Festival holiday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong
Beijing (China), 10/02/2013.- Local residents burn incense and pray for good fortune at the Dongyue Temple fair marking the first day of the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival in Beijing, China 10 February 2013.
Beijing (China), 10/02/2013.- Performers entertain local crowds at the Dongyue Temple fair marking the first day of the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival in Beijing, China 10 February 2013. China's main annual holiday marks the Year of the Snake according to the traditional twelve year zodiac cycle. EFE/EPA/ADRIAN BRADSHAW
Beijing (China), 10/02/2013.- A smallholder makes animal figures from blown molten sugar at the Dongyue Temple fair marking the first day of the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival in Beijing, China 10 February 2013. China's main annual holiday marks the Year of the Snake according to the traditional twelve year zodiac cycle. EFE/EPA/ADRIAN BRADSHAW
Beijing (China), 10/02/2013.- A smallholder makes animal figures from blown molten sugar at the Dongyue Temple fair marking the first day of the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival in Beijing, China 10 February 2013.
Beijing (China), 10/02/2013.- A Chinese performer portraying the Emperor is seen during a recreation of the Sacrifice to Heaven ritual on the first day of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, 10 February 2013.
Beijing (China), 10/02/2013.- A Chinese performer portraying the Emperor (C) is followed by an imperial entourage dressed in brilliant clothing during a recreation of the Sacrifice to Heaven ritual on the first day of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, 10 February 2013.
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BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 10: A diver performs the dragon dance during the special program for celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year at Beijing Aquarium on February 10, 2013 in Beijing, China. The Chinese Lunar New Year of Snake also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day.
Beijing (China), 09/02/2013.- Local residents buy fireworks for the Chinese Spring Festival or Lunar New Year in Beijing, China 09 February 2013. Following weeks of hazardous air pollution in many parts of China authorities are urging people to use fewer fireworks this year.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) visits local residents in Zhouqu County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 9, 2013. Premier Wen made an inspection tour in Gansu and Shaanxi Province, also in northwest China, on Feb. 8-9. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)
The chronologically sequenced combined photo taken from 22:51 on Feb. 9, 2013 to 00:13 on Feb. 10, 2013 shows the process of smog covering the downtown area of Zhushan County, central China's Hubei Province, as residents around the area set off fireworks around midnight to celebrate the arrival of Chinese Lunar New Year. Setting off fireworks is a tradition in China during the Spring Festival, which result in air pollution in varying degrees. (Xinhua/Zhang Lei)
A child sits on a man's shoulders as they visit a scenic spot in east China's Shanghai Municipality, Feb. 10, 2013. Shanghai saw a tourist peak on Sunday, the first day of the 2013 Spring Festival holiday. The city is estimated to receive more than three million tourists during the week-long holiday. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
Tourists swarm the Bund in east China's Shanghai Municipality, Feb. 10, 2013.