中国“年味儿”飘向世界 Chinese New Year goes global

Chinese communities around the world welcomed the Year of the Pig on Feb 5, ushering in Lunar New Year with prayers, family feasts and shopping sprees.

Celebrations(庆祝活动 qìngzhù huódòng) took place across the globe(全球 quánqiú), ranging from Southeast Asia's centuries-old Chinese communities to the more recently established Chinatowns(唐人街 Tángrénjiē) of Sydney, London, Vancouver, Los Angeles and beyond.

Peking Opera actors interact(互动 hùdòng) on Saturday with spectators in Lisbon, Portugal, at one of many events around the globe marking Spring Festival. [Photo: Xinhua]

People watch(观看 guānkàn) the dragon dance during a Lunar New Year parade in London on Sunday. [Photo: Xinhua]

A visitor shows off a Chinese moon-shaped fan(扇子 shànzi) at the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk on Saturday. [Photo: Xinhua]

A competitor at a martial arts competition(比赛 bǐsài) in Johannesburg on Saturday. [Photo: Xinhua]

A woman brings her pet pig(宠物猪 chǒngwù zhū) to participate in activities to celebrate Lunar New Year in Rome on Sunday. [Photo: Xinhua]

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is illuminated(点亮 diǎn liàng) on Feb 4 to welcome Lunar New Year. [Photo: Xinhua]

An actress of the Jinan Acrobatic Troupe plays(表演 biǎoyǎn) the diabolo with a local girl at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington on Saturday. [Photo: Xinhua]

A dragon dance team composed of members of the Finnish Wushu Association performs at the Spring Festival temple fair(庙会 miàohuì) in Helsinki, Finland. The Happy Spring Festival Helsinki Temple Fair has been held for 13 years. [Photo: Xinhua]

At the Spring Festival party(晚会 wǎnhuì) held at the Permanent Exhibition Hall of the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of China on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, Chinese and Russian teenagers jointly sing songs(唱歌 chànggē) to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on Feb 2. [Photo: Xinhua]

A flash show(快闪 kuài shǎn) appears in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Jan 19. The event is part of the series of Happy Spring Festival activities, co-sponsored by the Copenhagen Chinese Cultural Center and Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. [Photo: Xinhua]

A little girl takes photos on Feb 4 at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belgrade, capital of Serbia. On the same day, the first Chinese Lantern Festival opened at the Kalemegdan Fortress in downtown Belgrade to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. [Photo: Xinhua]

Actors perform(表演 biǎoyǎn) a lion dance during the Happy Spring Festival parade in Antwerp, Belgium, on Feb 2. [Photo: Xinhua]

The Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia, are lit up with Chinese red lights on the evening of Feb 4. [Photo: Xinhua]

Saladin Citadel in Cairo, Egypt, which has a history of nearly 1,000 years, is illuminated in red for the first time to celebrate China's Spring Festival on Jan 28. [Photo: Xinhua]

Spring Festival decorations(装饰 zhuāngshì) are placed in front of 10 Downing Street, the prime minister's residence in London, on Jan 31 to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. [Photo: Xinhua]

A foreign tourist chooses(挑选 tiāoxuǎn) goods(商品 shāngpǐn) to buy for the Chinese Spring Festival in Pancora, Jakarta, Indonesia, on Feb 4. [Photo: Xinhua]