Children pose for photos with decorations for the Chinese Lunar New Year at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 18, 2023. Photo by Zhu Wei/Xinhua via AFP
A young woman dressed in traditional Hanfu costume takes part in a cruise parade during the 13th water flower market, a unique tradition during China's Spring Festival in Liwan District of Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, January 18, 2023. Photo by Chen Chuhong/cnsphoto/Imaginechina via AFP
Iranian students display Chinese Lunar New Year decorations at a park in Tehran, Iran, on January 18, 2023. The Confucius Institute of Tehran University held the event on Wednesday to help students learn about Chinese culture and festival traditions to welcome the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival. Photo by Gao Wencheng /Xinhua via AFP
Indonesian ethnic Chinese students wear traditional clothes during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at a school in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, on January 19, 2023. This year, the festival begins on January 22. Photo by Agoes Rudianto/Anadolu Agency via AFP
Thai and Chinese people pray for good at a Chinese temple during celebrations for the Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, January 20, 2023. Photo by Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via AFP
Members of a lion dance group rehearse for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year performance in Yangon, Myanmar, January 19, 2023. Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via AFP
A women wearing a face mask looks at flowers at the flowers market in Victoria Park on January 16, 2023 in Hong Kong, China. Photo by Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via AFP)
A worker carries a roast pig as a pickup truck transporting roast ducks arrives at a market in preparation for the Lunar New Year celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on January 21, 2023. Photo by AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy
People check ornaments for sale at a shop in Chinatown district of Manila, Philippines, on January 20, 2023, ahead of the Lunar New Year. Photo by AFP/Ted Aljibe
Bunny chocolates marking the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rabbit at a chocolate store in Toronto, Canada, January 18, 2023. Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua via AFP
Rabbit-themed decorations are seen in South Coast Plaza, Orange County, California, the United States, on January 19, 2023. Located in Costa Mesa in Southern California, the largest shopping mall on the West Coast of the United States has created a stunning display of Chinese tradition and culture to embrace the Lunar New Year, featuring lion dances, exhibits, craft activities and special foods designed to honor Chinese and other Asian traditions. Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua via AFP
