外媒镜头：全球各地欢庆中国猴年春节

发布：2016年02月08日 09:29 来源：综合新闻

发布：2016年02月08日 09:29

来源：综合新闻

Worship: Monks in Guan Yin temple in Kuala Lumpur offered their prayers ahead of Lunar New Year

Temple: Worshippers filled the busy Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong to pray on the eve of the New Year

Celebrations: New York City welcomed the Lunar New Year, which officially begins on Monday with an impressive firework display

Manila has also welcomed the Year of the Monkey with a bang and has closed roads for the procession

Monkey: Celebrating the Year of the Monkey, a woman dressed up as a 'Monkey King' costume to pray at Wong Tai Sin Temple on the first day of Lunar New Year Holiday

Holiday: New York City schools will mark the New Year as a holiday for the first time this year and is the largest school district in the US to do so

Happy New Year: Confetti showered down on the festivities at the countdown as people celebrated the New Year in Manila

Outlawed: Fireworks sales were down in China's capital Beijing with come cities outlawing firecrackers altogether

Street celebrations: In addition to the official Beijing display, people set off fireworks in the street to welcome in the New Year

Tradition: Families traditionally spend the holidays together sparking the largest mass movement of people each year

Kuala Lumpur: Northern Lions Dance performs at a shopping mall in Subang Jaya ahead of Lunar New Year of the monkey celebrations

Prayer: People pray at New Year for good fortune. Above, a young Thai girl prays at Siam Tai Tien Kong shrine in Samut Prakan province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand

Lion dance: The Lion dance is traditionally performed to celebrate the Lunar New Year and is meant to bring good luck

Evil spirits: The dance, which is traditionally formed by two people - one acts as the head and the other the body - is also believed to frighten off evil spirits with the mirror on the head of the dragon is supposed to show them their own reflection.