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China ushers in Year of the Ox
Fireworks illuminate the skyline as residents of Beijing welcome the Year of the Ox [AFP]
Published On 28 Jan 2009
28 Jan 2009
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A visitor looks at an art piece, shaped as an Ox, in an exhibition in Taipei. The Ox is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar [Reuters]
Preparations for the New Year had begun weeks in advance, with red lantern decorations filling Beijing parks [Reuters]
Food is an important part of new year festivities, as a local resident chops a slaughtered pig on the outskirts of Xiangfan, in China's Hubei province. [Reuters]
Wax duck, is also a delicacy enjoyed by many Malaysian Chinese at the Lunar New Year [Reuters]
Millions across the world have also welcomed in the Chinese New Year. In the Indonesian province of Aceh, an ethnic Chinese woman lights candles to celebrate. [EPA]
For ethnic Chinese communities around the world, like here in Liverpool, England, lunar new year celebrations are the biggest holiday of the year [AFP]
In China's southwestern Sichuan province, survivors of last year's devastating earthquake gathered to look forward to the year ahead [EPA]
As do local residents in Beijing as they view the fireworks display [Reuters]