As part of a 12-year cycle, this Lunar New Year kickstarted the Year of the Tiger. AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
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A visitor to a retail street poses with cat figures dressed with New Year hats on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year on Feb. 1. AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
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A woman, left, and her husband, right, prepared dishes with their friend during the Lunar New Year Eve in Beijing. AP Photo/Andy Wong
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With the Lunar New Year lasting 15 days, it will also coincide with the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko
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Lion dancers performed in the streets of Chinatown to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year in Panama City. The lion dance is done every year in the hopes of bringing good luck. AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco
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Ethnic Chinese worshippers, who wore face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, pray to celebrate the Lunar New Year at a temple in Bali, Indonesia. AP
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A man waits with lettuce to offer lion dancers during celebrations of the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Kolkata, India. AP Photo/Bikas Das
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Standing under paper lanterns, a person held joss sticks while praying for good fortune on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Tai Hong Kong Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand. AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit
