Chinese New Year celebration around the Globe

Today, the Chinese people celebrate the New Year in lunar calendar, 2009 is the Year of the Ox. 2009 Chinese New Year Day is on January 26, 2009 in China time zone. The next Chinese New Year Day is on February 14, 2010. Another name for the Chinese New Year is the 'Spring Festival' (Chun tsze).

Here are photos from the festivity of Chinese New Year.

Chinese God of Fortune outside a Hong Kong shopping mall

Shanghai, China

Chinese burn joss-sticks - Beijing, China

Lion Dancers in London, England

Dongyue Temple - Beijing, China

Wuhou Temple - CHENGDU, CHINA

Ceremony to pray for good luck

Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

Chinese New Year celebration at a temple in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia

A  man prays at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Chinese New Year eve celebration in Dharma Bakti Temple, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia

These days in Beijing are open more than 30 temple fairs, which offer visitors to taste the various delicatessens and see a variety of art rooms, including circuses, procession, sports games and so on.

Chinese New Year

Year of the Ox

Chinese New Year

Year of the Ox