Fireworks illuminate the sky over the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, south China, Feb. 9, 2016, to celebrate the traditional Spring Festival.
People set off firecrackers and watched lion dance in Manhattan's Chinatown to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year on Monday.
Chinese disabled artists perform during an event to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Panama City, capital of Panama.
More than 1.1 million public elementary and high school students took their first-ever Chinese New Year's Day off for the Year of the Monkey, thanks to years of eff ort by Chinese Americans to have it declared an offi cial school holiday.
The Spring Festival, or chunjie in Mandarin, seems to have transformed from the most celebrated traditional holiday in China into an international festival. People around the world are showing more interest in Chinese culture and learning from its cherished values.
Actors perform during a parade in Hong Kong, south China, on Feb. 8, 2016, in celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year.
Fourteen-year-old Chen Yiyue, who is half-Chinese, half-French, has always relished the atmosphere of a Chinese Spring Festival celebration.
The Spring Festival, or chunjie in Mandarin, seems to have transformed from the most celebrated traditional holiday in China into an international festival.
Since 1996, CUCSSA has held 19 Chinese New Year galas. HEZI JIANG
A grand show in central London is a perfect nostalgic recipe for overseas Chinese when the most important festival on the Chinese lunar calendar arrives.
People perform lion dance at the Chinatown in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb 7, 2016.