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CHINESE NEW YEAR / by OnAsia Photographers. Over the New Year holiday in China, millions and millions of people will travel from work to home or to visit relatives. It's the largest human migration in the world. Chinese communities will be celebrating everywhere; from Hanoi to San Francisco, from Taipei to Washington D.C. Firecrackers, feasting, incense, lion dancers, candles and lots of red and gold will mark the start of yet another New Year. To see more of OnAsia's archive of related images, click here
 
 
Image No: obu00071
By: Oka Budhi
Date: 07 Feb 2008
Country: Indonesia
Area: Jakarta
Caption: An ethnic Chinese woman burns incense sticks during her first visit of the Lunar Year to Dharma Bakti Temple in...
 
Image No: ldu05713
By: Luke Duggleby
Date: 20 Feb 2007
Country: China
Area: Yunnan
Caption: In the Tibetan town of Shangrila, locals celebrate Chinese New Year by performing traditional Tibetan dances in...
 
Image No: rts00085
By: Rentas
Date: 17 Feb 2007
Country: Malaysia
Area: Kuala Lumpur
Caption: A Malaysian ethnic Chinese prays at Thean Hou Temple, one of the largest Chinese temples in South-East Asia....
 
Image No: lbo00498
By: Liu Bowen
Date: 14 Jan 2009
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: People wait for their train at Beijing's West railway station ahead of the Chinese New year. Migrant workers have...
 
Image No: lbo00483
By: Liu Bowen
Date: 15 Jan 2009
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: People queueing up for tickets as they don't want to pay much higher prices on the black market, at Beijing's...
 
Image No: nbe00642
By: Natalie Behring
Date: 26 Jan 2005
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Chinese travelers wait for their train at Beijing's main station to travel home for Chinese New Year. The Lunar...
 
Image No: rts00088
By: Rentas
Date: 17 Feb 2007
Country: Malaysia
Area: Kuala Lumpur
Caption: Chinese New Year decorations at Thean Hou Temple, one of the largest Chinese temples in South-East Asia....
 
Image No: abu02092
By: Alberto Buzzola
Date: 21 Feb 2008
Country: Taiwan
Area: 
Caption: Thousands of lanterns are released into the skies at the Pingshi Lantern Festival, marking the end of Chinese New...
 
Image No: yco08876
By: Yvan Cohen
Date: 17 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: A traditional Chinese dragon decorates a Chinese temple in Bangkok's Chinatown district.
 
Image No: obu00074
By: Oka Budhi
Date: 07 Feb 2008
Country: Indonesia
Area: Jakarta
Caption: An ethnic Chinese holds paper money during his first visit of the Lunar Year to Dharma Bakti Temple in Jakarta....
 
Image No: zpe00590
By: Zhang Peng
Date: 21 Jan 2009
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Passengers at the Beijing West Railway Station. It’s been called the largest human migration in the world, about...
 
Image No: zpe00583
By: Zhang Peng
Date: 21 Jan 2009
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Passengers waiting to enter the Beijing West Railway Station. It’s been called the largest human migration in the...
 
Image No: lbo00487
By: Liu Bowen
Date: 15 Jan 2009
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: People waiting for their train at Beijing's West railway station ahead of the Chinese New year. Migrant workers...
 
Image No: obu00070
By: Oka Budhi
Date: 07 Feb 2008
Country: Indonesia
Area: Jakarta
Caption: Ethnic Chinese on their first visit of the Lunar Year to Dharma Bakti Temple in Jakarta. The Chinese New Year has...
 
Image No: jbo00298
By: Joel Boh
Date: 02 Feb 2010
Country: Singapore
Area: 
Caption: Residents admire lit-up decorations installed to usher in the year of the Tiger for the upcoming Chinese Lunar...
 
Image No: ble01618
By: Brent Lewin
Date: 08 Feb 2008
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Thais make offerings at a temple in Bangkok's Chinatown on the Chinese New Year.
 
Image No: obu00076
By: Oka Budhi
Date: 07 Feb 2008
Country: Indonesia
Area: Jakarta
Caption: An ethnic Chinese woman prays during her first visit of the Lunar Year to Dharma Bakti Temple in Jakarta. The...
 
Image No: jmo00233
By: Justin Mott
Date: 22 Feb 2007
Country: Vietnam
Area: Bac Ninh
Caption: Tet (Lunar New Year) is the most prominent holiday in Vietnam, with most schools and businesses closing for up to...
 
Image No: rts00121
By: Rentas
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Country: Malaysia
Area: Kuala Lumpur
Caption: Red lanterns for Chinese New Year celebrations at Thean Hou Temple, one of the largest Chinese temples in...
 
Image No: ldu07852
By: Luke Duggleby
Date: 11 Feb 2008
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: An impressive installation of Chinese lanterns in the Central World shopping centre, during Chinese New Year celebrations.
 
Image No: rhe00575
By: Rio Helmi
Date: 26 Jan 2009
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Lining up to make offerings and prayers on Chinese New Year day at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat (Leng Ney Yee) in...
 
Image No: nbe04095
By: Natalie Behring
Date: 17 Feb 2007
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Performers recreate a Qing dynasty ceremony at the Ditan Temple Fair for Lunar New Year, in Beijing. The Year of...
 
Image No: ble01617
By: Brent Lewin
Date: 08 Feb 2008
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: A woman makes an offering at a temple in Bangkok's Chinatown on the Chinese New Year.
 
Image No: obu00066
By: Oka Budhi
Date: 07 Feb 2008
Country: Indonesia
Area: Jakarta
Caption: Ethnic Chinese burn incense sticks during their first visit of the Lunar Year to Dharma Bakti Temple in Jakarta....
 
Image No: ldu05721
By: Luke Duggleby
Date: 20 Feb 2007
Country: China
Area: Yunnan
Caption: During Chinese New Year celebrations in the heart of the Tibetan old town of Shangrila, traditional Tibetan...
 
Image No: rhe00584
By: Rio Helmi
Date: 26 Jan 2009
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: A flash from the slash in a Cheong Sam as girls in traditional costumes wait to greet Princess Sirindhorn of...
 
Image No: rhe00568
By: Rio Helmi
Date: 22 Jan 2009
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: A discarded orange after being offered to and eaten by dragon dancers on Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinatown...
 
Image No: rhe00567
By: Rio Helmi
Date: 22 Jan 2009
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Dragon dancers perform on Yaowarat road for various local sponsors to bring good luck for the Chinese New Year,...
 
Image No: lbo00481
By: Liu Bowen
Date: 15 Jan 2009
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: People queueing up for tickets as they don't want to pay much higher prices on the black market, at Beijing's...
 
Image No: zpe00585
By: Zhang Peng
Date: 21 Jan 2009
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: A man waiting for his train at Beijing West Railway Station. It’s been called the largest human migration in the...
 
Image No: zpe00586
By: Zhang Peng
Date: 21 Jan 2009
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Passengers at Beijing West Railway Station. It’s been called the largest human migration in the world, about two...
 
Image No: ldu05475
By: Luke Duggleby
Date: 17 Feb 2007
Country: China
Area: Yunnan
Caption: During Chinese New Year celebrations in the Tibetan monastery of Songzhalin, a group of monks run through the...
 
Image No: hwi00229
By: Heidi Wideroe
Date: 10 Feb 2008
Country: Vietnam
Area: Ho Chi Minh City
Caption: A group of young boys wearing masks, playing drums and dancing to scare away evil spirits and bring good luck,...
 
Image No: jbo00125
By: Joel Boh
Date: 16 Jan 2009
Country: Singapore
Area: China Town
Caption: Shoppers buy Bak Kwa (pork slices) in Chinatown in preparations for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations in...
 
Image No: yco08874
By: Yvan Cohen
Date: 17 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Detail of a traditional dragon at a Chinese temple.
 
Image No: jbo00142
By: Joel Boh
Date: 16 Jan 2009
Country: Singapore
Area: China Town
Caption: A mother and son kneel to pray in the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum in Singapore. Buddhist devotees flock...
 
Image No: pst00064
By: Peter Stuckings
Date: 07 Feb 2008
Country: Vietnam
Area: Ho Chi Minh City
Caption: Celebrations at Tet Festival time include lengthy visits to the city's main temples, to pray and burn incense for...
 
Image No: toa00047
By: Weerayut Janthai
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Paper and gold to be use in the after life held by women offering prayers during Chinese New Year celebrations in...
 
Image No: abu02099
By: Alberto Buzzola
Date: 12 Feb 2008
Country: Taiwan
Area: Taipei
Caption: On the first day after the Chinese New Year Holiday, the whole city returns to life as businesses and offices...
 
Image No: jbo00302
By: Joel Boh
Date: 02 Feb 2010
Country: Singapore
Area: 
Caption: A couple carrying their baby walk along a street of lit-up decorations with a statue of the God of Fortune in the...
 
Image No: kma01039
By: Karl Malakunas
Date: 17 Feb 2007
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: A security guard walks underneath lanterns that have been hung outside Ditan Park as part of festivities to...
 
Image No: obu00069
By: Oka Budhi
Date: 07 Feb 2008
Country: Indonesia
Area: Jakarta
Caption: An ethnic Chinese burns incense sticks during his first visit of the Lunar Year to Dharma Bakti Temple in...
 
Image No: abu01680
By: Alberto Buzzola
Date: 29 Jan 2006
Country: Taiwan
Area: Taipei
Caption: People pray at Lungshan temple on new Year's day according to the lunar calendar still in use throughout the...
 
Image No: nbe00668
By: Natalie Behring
Date: 10 Feb 2005
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Hundreds of Chinese people herald in the Chinese New Year at a temple fair in Beijing. The Year of the Rooster...
 
Image No: jmo00217
By: Justin Mott
Date: 22 Feb 2007
Country: Vietnam
Area: Bac Ninh
Caption: Tet (Lunar New Year) is the most prominent holiday in Vietnam, with most schools and businesses closing for up to...
 
Image No: jla00824
By: John Lander
Date: 06 Feb 2007
Country: Vietnam
Area: Binh Thuan
Caption: Mui Ne Market, with girls selling marigolds by the roadside, a popular decoration in Vietnam during, before and...
 
Image No: ran00349
By: Ryan Anson
Date: 03 Mar 2007
Country: USA
Area: California
Caption: Members of the San Francisco Police Department's Lion Dance Team perform during the Chinese New Year's parade in...
 
Image No: ldu05726
By: Luke Duggleby
Date: 19 Feb 2007
Country: China
Area: Yunnan
Caption: During Chinese New Year celebrations in the heart of the Tibetan old town of Shangrila, a Tibetan child wears a...
 
Image No: kma00616
By: Karl Malakunas
Date: 01 Feb 2006
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Young men are dressed up to perform traditional Chinese street theatre at the Dongyue Temple as part of Lunar New...
 
Image No: abu01689
By: Alberto Buzzola
Date: 03 Feb 2006
Country: Taiwan
Area: Taipei
Caption: A man dressed as a God Tsai Hsen-yeh assistent, welcome traders at the first opening day after the Lunar New Year...
 
Image No: toa00036
By: Weerayut Janthai
Date: 24 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Elderly woman sing traditional Chinese songs during celebrations for the Chinese New Year in Bangok's Chinatown.
 
Image No: toa00040
By: Weerayut Janthai
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Foreign children react as they hold incense sticks during Chinese New Year celebrations in Bangkok's Chinatown.
 
Image No: abe00305
By: Alf Berg
Date: 26 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: A Chinese opera performance in Bangkok, during Chinese new year celebrations. The Chinese opera shows are...
 
Image No: abe00318
By: Alf Berg
Date: 27 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Backstage during a Chinese opera performance in Bangkok, during Chinese new year celebrations. The Chinese opera...
 
Image No: abe00292
By: Alf Berg
Date: 26 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: A Chinese opera performance in Bangkok, during Chinese new year celebrations. The Chinese opera shows are...
 
Image No: abe00299
By: Alf Berg
Date: 27 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: A Chinese opera performance in Bangkok, during Chinese new year celebrations. The Chinese opera shows are...
 
Image No: nbe00658
By: Natalie Behring
Date: 09 Feb 2005
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Chinese people burn incense as they pray for good fortune in the Year of the Rooster at Bai Yun Guan, a Taoist...
 
Image No: nbe00647
By: Natalie Behring
Date: 26 Jan 2005
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Chinese travellers flock to Beijing's main train station to travel home for Chinese New Year. The Lunar New Year,...
 
Image No: rts00091
By: Rentas
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Country: Malaysia
Area: Kuala Lumpur
Caption: Incense sticks burning inside a Chinese temple.
 
Image No: rts00093
By: Rentas
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Country: Malaysia
Area: Kuala Lumpur
Caption: Spiral incense stick burning inside the 140-year old Sin Sze Si Ya Chinese Temple in Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur.
 
Image No: rts00103
By: Rentas
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Country: Malaysia
Area: Kuala Lumpur
Caption: Lion dance performance at Thean Hou Temple, one of the largest Chinese temples in South-East Asia. Completed in...
 
Image No: kma01067
By: Karl Malakunas
Date: 19 Feb 2007
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: A girl entertains the crowd at Dongyue Temple during Lunar New Year festivities. People all across China flock to...
 
Image No: yco08904
By: Yvan Cohen
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Young Asian woman with Chinese script. MODEL RELEASED
 
Image No: lbo00124
By: Liu Bowen
Date: 20 Feb 2007
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Security guards gather at a temple during the Chinese New Year festival before returning home.
 
Image No: yco08890
By: Yvan Cohen
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Passersby walking in front of a stand selling Chinese style clothes in Bangkok's Chinatown district.
 
Image No: ldu05659
By: Luke Duggleby
Date: 19 Feb 2007
Country: China
Area: Yunnan
Caption: In the Tibetan town of Shangrila, locals celebrate Chinese New Year by performing a traditional dragon dance in...
 
Image No: jmo00222
By: Justin Mott
Date: 22 Feb 2007
Country: Vietnam
Area: Bac Ninh
Caption: Tet (Lunar New Year) is the most prominent holiday in Vietnam, with most schools and businesses closing for up to...
 
Image No: jmo00221
By: Justin Mott
Date: 22 Feb 2007
Country: Vietnam
Area: Bac Ninh
Caption: Women in ceremonial ao-dai. Tet (Lunar New Year) is the most prominent holiday in Vietnam, with most schools and...
 
Image No: kma01051
By: Karl Malakunas
Date: 19 Feb 2007
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: A woman balances a bamboo pole on her head during a street theatre performance outside Dongyue Temple, as part of...
 
Image No: yco08892
By: Yvan Cohen
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Golden Chinese piggy banks.
 
Image No: nbe01875
By: Natalie Behring
Date: 11 Jan 2006
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: A customer admires his purchase - the figure of a gold Alsatian in a department store in Beijing, for sale to...
 
Image No: yco08886
By: Yvan Cohen
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Incense sticks burning outside a Chinese temple in Bangkok's Chinatown district.
 
Image No: esu00125
By: Edgar Su
Date: 15 Feb 2006
Country: Singapore
Area: China Town
Caption: The lighted streets of Chinatown during the Lunar New Year, Singapore.
 
Image No: lmy00101
By: Lam Meng Yein
Date: 06 Feb 2007
Country: Malaysia
Area: Kuala Lumpur
Caption: Workers install light bulbs into the traditional Chinese lanterns in preparation for the upcoming Chinese New...
 
Image No: kma01035
By: Karl Malakunas
Date: 17 Feb 2007
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: A girl with fairy floss in hand walks through Ditan Park during a festival to welcome the Year of the Pig....
 
Image No: kma00618
By: Karl Malakunas
Date: 01 Feb 2006
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Men dressed up to perform traditional street theatre as part of Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China.
 
Image No: abe00310
By: Alf Berg
Date: 26 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: A Chinese opera performance in Bangkok, during Chinese new year celebrations. The Chinese opera shows are...
 
Image No: toa00034
By: Weerayut Janthai
Date: 24 Feb 2007
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: Actors perform in a temple in Bangkok's Chinatown.
 
Image No: rts00096
By: Rentas
Date: 18 Feb 2007
Country: Malaysia
Area: Kuala Lumpur
Caption: Women pray at a Chinese temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
 
Image No: yco06627
By: Yvan Cohen
Date: 02 Feb 2003
Country: Thailand
Area: Bangkok
Caption: A boy with painted face and a traditional costume takes part in a parade during the Chinese new year festivities...
 
Image No: nbe00644
By: Natalie Behring
Date: 26 Jan 2005
Country: China
Area: Beijing
Caption: Chinese travelers wait for their train at Beijing's main station to travel home for Chinese New Year. The Lunar...
 
 
 
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