As one of the twelve animal signs in the Chinese calendar, the dragon is associated with power, good fortune, and transformation. Here are photos depicting how the the Year of the Wood Dragon was welcomed in different parts of the world.
Artists perform an acrobatic lion dance on stage at the Longtan Park’s temple fair on the second day of Lunar New Year in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
People crowd a stage watching a lion dance performance at the Longtan Park’s temple fair on the second day of Lunar New Year in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A group of people carry a Vietnamese dragon through the streets of Brattleboro, Vt., during the Asian Cultural Center of Vermont’s annual Lunar New Year Festival at the Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center in Brattleboro, Vt., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
Worshippers offer incense at the Che Kung temple to welcome in the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Local Chinese artists perform a dragon dance during a cerebration to mark the Lunar New Year outside a shopping center, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Indian Chinese carry flags during a dragon dance procession as they celebrate the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. People in Asia and around the world are celebrating the Lunar New Year on Saturday with festivals, parades and temple visits to ask for blessings. This year marks the year of the Dragon, one of the 12 animals in the Chinese astrological chart. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
People give offerings and pray at Wat Mangkon temple in Chinatown in Bangkok on February 10, 2024, on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
A lion dance team performs on a street in Amsterdam on February 10, 2024, on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT
People take pictures with a dragon statue, installed as part of festivities marking the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, in downtown Jakarta on February 11, 2024. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
Two children wearing dragon hates during celebrations for Chinese Lunar New Year of the Dragon in central London on February 10, 2024. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
North Korean children play folk games at the Kim Il Sung Square on the occasion of Lunar New Year in Pyongyang, North Korea Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)
Worshippers go to pray at a temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year celebrations, in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Each year is named after one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac in a repeating cycle, with this year being the Year of the Dragon. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
A pedestrian dressed in a Chinese costume walks past shops during celebrations in Chinatown district of Manila on February 10, 2024, on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
A Golden Dragon dances during a rehearsal at the St. Paul’s Ruins during celebrations in Macau on February 10, 2024, on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP)
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