On the occasion of the Chinese Lunar New Year, splendid celebrations have taken place in many countries.
As part of the cultural activities to celebrate Chinese New Year, the event was organized by the China Cultural Center in New Zealand.
More than 1,000 overseas Chinese in Silicon Valley enjoyed their three-hour, laughter-filling time so much that they didn't leave their seats even after a Chinese arts troupe presented their closing performance on Saturday's Spring Festival gala.
Egypt's historic sites — the Giza pyramids and the Sphinx — shine in "Chinese Red" for the first time on Feb 2, 2019, celebrating the Chinese New Year.
London hosted on Feb 10 one of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations outside Asia, drawing tens of thousands of visitors to the heart of the British capital to share the joy.
With red lantern raised, Chinese couplets pasted and lion-dance performed, Chinese Lunar New Year is being celebrated across the continent.
Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations around the world
Spectacular flower patterns of fireworks roared above Victoria Harbor, followed by patterns of green "8" and yellow golden ingots, sending traditional blessings to locals.
A girl makes her own Spring Festival mask at a workshop during a Lunar Chinese New Year celebration at Duke of York Square in London, Britain, on Feb 9, 2019.
The National Museum of China is staging a series of exhibitions during the Spring Festival, or lunar Chinese New Year, attracting more than 60,000 visitors a day on average, figures from the museum show.
Chinese New Year Family Day was celebrated at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday in Washington, DC.
A Chinese symphony orchestra presented a celebratory concert at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Feb 8, marking the first time diplomats at UN celebrated Chinese New Year by attending such an event.