来源：倍可亲(backchina.com)
Worship: Monks in Guan Yin temple in Kuala Lumpur offered their prayers ahead of Lunar New Year
Temple: Worshippers filled the busy Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong to pray on the eve of the New Year
Celebrations: New York City welcomed the Lunar New Year, which officially begins on Monday with an impressive firework display
Manila has also welcomed the Year of the Monkey with a bang and has closed roads for the procession
Monkey: Celebrating the Year of the Monkey, a woman dressed up as a ‘Monkey King’ costume to pray at Wong Tai Sin Temple on the first day of Lunar New Year Holiday
Holiday: New York City schools will mark the New Year as a holiday for the first time this year and is the largest school district in the US to do so
Happy New Year: Confetti showered down on the festivities at the countdown as people celebrated the New Year in Manila
Outlawed: Fireworks sales were down in China’s capital Beijing with come cities outlawing firecrackers altogether
Street celebrations: In addition to the official Beijing display, people set off fireworks in the street to welcome in the New Year
Tradition: Families traditionally spend the holidays together sparking the largest mass movement of people each year
Kuala Lumpur: Northern Lions Dance performs at a shopping mall in Subang Jaya ahead of Lunar New Year of the monkey celebrations
Prayer: People pray at New Year for good fortune. Above, a young Thai girl prays at Siam Tai Tien Kong shrine in Samut Prakan province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand
Lion dance: The Lion dance is traditionally performed to celebrate the Lunar New Year and is meant to bring good luck
Evil spirits: The dance, which is traditionally formed by two people – one acts as the head and the other the body – is also believed to frighten off evil spirits with the mirror on the head of the dragon is supposed to show them their own reflection.
Tiananmen Square had a festival atmosphere as it geared up to welcome New Year’s Day at midnight
London: Women on Charing Cross Road in London paraded to celebrate the Spring Festival
People burned joss sticks as they offer prayers inside the Guan Yin temple ahead of Lunar New Year of the monkey celebrations in Kuala Lumpur
