Chinese New Year celebrations

Visitors take pictures in front of a dragon-shaped lantern which has been set up for the upcoming Lunar New Year in Beijing, January 7, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac.(REUTERS)
A worker paints the background of a wall, installed with nine sugar dragons, during preparation work for the upcoming Lunar New Year at a park in Chengdu, Sichuan province January 17, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (REUTERS)
Visitors walk through a tunnel made up of lanterns which have been set up for the upcoming Spring Festival in Xi'an, Shaanxi province January 16, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (REUTERS)
A woman walks past red lanterns, which were put up as decoration for an upcoming temple fair, at an entrance of Longtan park in Beijing January 16, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (REUTERS)
Pedestrians walk through a dragon-shaped arch lantern, which was set up for the upcoming Spring Festival, at a local park in Chengdu, Sichuan province January 15, 2012. (REUTERS)
A craftsman paints lantern parts in the shape of the head of the bodhisattva Guanyin, for a lantern festival to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, at a workshop in Suining, Sichuan province January 15, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the year of dragon. (REUTERS)
Visitors walk past dragon-shaped lanterns set up for the upcoming Spring Festival in Xi'an, Shaanxi province January 16, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. Picture taken January 16, 2012. (REUTERS)
A vendor waits for customers at his stall selling couplets at a local market in Shenyang, Liaoning province January 13, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (REUTERS)
Workers decorate a dragon-shaped sculpture in preparation for a dragon dance which will involve more than 200 people during the upcoming Chinese New Year in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province January 9, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (REUTERS)
A child has a meal with her family at a local construction site in Chengdu, Sichuan province January 9, 2012. More than 1,400 migrant workers took part in the annual meal to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. (REUTERS)