Chinese New Year 2015The Chinese Lunar New Year began Feb. 19 ushering in the Year of the

Sheep, according to the Chinese zodiac. The new year also marks the

beginning of the Spring Festival in China, which continues until the Lantern

Festival on the 15th day.--By Lloyd Young E-MAIL

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Chinese artists perform a dragon dance at a local amusement park during

celebrations for the Lunar New Year on Feb. 19 in Beijing, China.The Chinese

Lunar New Year of the Sheep also known as the Spring Festival, which is based

on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first

month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day.

(Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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Performers take part in a parade to mark Chinese New Year on Feb. 22 in

London, England. The annual parade is claimed to be the biggest celebration

outside Asia with around 1000 performers and volunteers taking part. (Carl

Court/Getty Images)

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A Chinese girl eats cotton candy as the sun sets on the lake at Yuanmingyuan,

or the Old Summer Palace on Feb. 24 in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty

Images)

4

A child plays inside an inflatable tube on the snow at Taoranting Park's temple

fair for Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing on Feb. 15. Chinese people

spend a week-long holiday, flocking to public parks' temple fairs to celebrate

the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Sheep which started on Feb. 19. (Andy

Wong/Associated Press)

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Fireworks illuminate the sky during the celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New

Year in Hong Kong on Feb. 20. Fortune tellers in Hong Kong said that the Year

of the Sheep should be calmer in general than the previous Year of the Horse,

which was characterized by catastrophic international air accidents, brutal

terror attacks, global political upheaval, a resurgent Ebola virus and war.

(Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

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A woman places another candle celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year at the

temple in Bangkok's Chinatown on Feb 19. According to the Chinese lunar

calendar, the Chinese New Year, which welcomes the Year of the Sheep (also

known as the Year of the Goat or Ram), falls on Thursday. (Damir

Sagolj/Reuters)

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A Chinese performer reacts as she wears traditional clothing before performing

in Spring Festival celebrations at a Temple Fair on Feb. 23 in Beijing, China.

The Chinese Lunar New Year of the Sheep, also known as the Spring Festival,

which began on Feb. 19 and is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is

celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with

Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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A dragon dancer performs during a ceremony to mark Chinese New Year on

Feb. 22 in London, England. The ceremony is part of an annual parade claimed

to be the biggest celebration outside Asia with around 1000 performers and

volunteers taking part. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

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A Chinese man jokes as he kicks his leg up in a kung-fu display as he and

others eat lamb skewers at a Temple Fair for the Spring Festival at the Altar of

the Earth or Ditan Park, on Feb. 25 in Beijing. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

10

A performer providing a lion dance for a restaurant as part of celebrations of

the Chinese Lunar New Year plays around with a customer having his lunch in

Hong Kong on Feb. 23. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

11

Children watch as Malaysian divers perform a lion dance during the Chinese

New Year celebrations at the Aquaria KLCC underwater park in Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia, on Feb. 19. (Azhar Rahim/EPA)

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Chinese dancers wear traditional costumes perform for Spring Festival

celebrations at a Temple Fair on Feb. 21. in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty

Images)

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Dragon dancers perform in China Town during Chinese New Year celebrations

on Feb. 19 in London, England. This Sunday will see the largest Chinese New

Year celebrations in Europe as performers and members of the Chinese

community in the UK celebrate the Year of the Sheep. (Carl Court/Getty

Images)

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Chinese amulets are hung around a tree at Dongyue Temple Fair during

Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing on Feb. 24. Millions of Chinese

are celebrating the Spring Festival, the most important holiday on the Chinese

calendar, which this year marks the beginning of the Year of the Sheep. (Fred

Dufour/AFP/Getty Images)

15

A Chinese performer wears a beard and costume as he waits to perform in

Spring Festival celebrations at a Temple Fair on Feb. 21 in Beijing, China.

(Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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Chinese acrobats balance on a high wire as they perform during Spring

Festival celebrations at a Temple Fair on Feb. 22 in Beijing, China. (Kevin

Frayer/Getty Images)

17

Parade participants wear traditional Chinese costumes at the annual Chinese

Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown in New York on Feb 22. (Peter

Foley/EPA)

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Chinese performers re-enact a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which

emperors prayed for good fortune at the Temple of Heaven as part of the

Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing on Feb. 21. Millions of Chinese

are celebrating the Lunar New Year, which marks the beginning of the Year of

the Sheep. (Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images)

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A liitle girl poses for photos as she and her family visit a temple fair to

celebrate the Lunar New Year of Sheep during serious pollution on Feb. 22 in

Beijing, China. The Chinese Lunar New Year of Sheep also known as the Spring

Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from

the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival

on the Fifteenth day. (Feng Li/Getty Images)

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Members of the Marais district Chinese community celebrates the Chinese

Lunar New Year on Feb. 21 in central Paris. Millions of Chinese around the

world are celebrating the Lunar New Year, which marks the beginning of the

Year of the Sheep which began on Feb. 19. (Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)

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Chinese children watch activities from a window during Chinese Lunar New

Year celebrations in Liverpool, northern England, on Feb. 22. (Phil

Noble/Reuters)

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A family take pictures of their wishes tied to plastic oranges hanging from the

branches of a special tree in the remote village of Lam Tsuen of Hong Kong's

new territories. Carnivals and fireworks are Hong Kong's trademark Chinese

Lunar New Year celebrations -- but tens of thousands of people also travel to a

remote village to hurl oranges at a tree in hopes of making their wishes come

true. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

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Chinese children throw snow at their father as they play after a snowfall at the

Temple of Heaven during Spring Festival celebrations on Feb. 20 in Beijing,

China. The Chinese Lunar New Year of the Sheep also known as the Spring

Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from

the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival

on the Fifteenth day. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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Dancers perform a Lion Dance outside a local shop during Chinese Lunar New

Year celebrations at Chinatown in Panama City on Feb. 19. According to the

lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year, which welcomes the year of the Sheep

(also known as the Year of the Goat or Ram), falls on Feb. 19 this year. (Carlos

Jasso/Reuters)

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People look at Chinese themed decoration displayed at the Old Town Square

during celebrations marking the Lunar New Year in Prague, Czech Republic,

on Feb. 19. Chinese people around the world celebrated the Chinese New Year,

also called Spring Festival, which ushered in the Year of the Sheep. (Filip

Singer/EPA)

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Chinese women laugh as they are pulled along in a rickshaw at a Temple Fair

for the Spring Festival at the Altar of the Earth or Ditan Park, on Feb. 25 in

Beijing, China. The Chinese Lunar New Year of the Sheep also known as the

Spring Festival, which began on Feb. 19 and is based on the Lunisolar Chinese

calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year

and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day. (Kevin Frayer//Getty

Images)

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People celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year in New York on Feb. 19. The

Chinese Lunar New Year on Feb. 19 will welcome the Year of the Sheep (also

known as the Year of the Goat or Ram). (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

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Performers dance at the 2015 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year

Night Parade on Feb. 19 in Hong Kong. The parade featured illuminated floats

accompanied by local and international performing groups which entertained

both locals and tourists alike on Chinese Lunar New Year. Tens of thousands

gathered in Hong Kong today to celebrate the Chinese New Year and welcome

the Year of the Goat, with New Year's day falling on Feb. 19. Chinese new Year

is the most important festival in the Chinese calendar and is widely celebrated

across Asia. (Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

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Performers dance at the 2015 Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year

Night Parade on Feb. 19 in Hong Kong. (Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images)

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A little boy wears the mask of Monkey King at a temple fair to celebrate the

Lunar New Year of Sheep on Feb. 19 in Beijing, China. The Chinese Lunar New

Year of Sheep also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the

Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month

of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day. (Feng

Li/Getty Images)

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A liitle girl plays trampoline with leashes at a temple fair to celebrate the Lunar

New Year of Sheep on Feb. 19 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)

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A reveler blows fire during Lunar New Year celebrations at Manila's Chinatown

on Feb. 19. (Erik DeCastro/Reuters)

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A Chinese man is shrouded in smoke from incense as he lights a stick while

praying with others at the Yonghegong Lama Temple during celebrations for

the Lunar New Year Feb. 19 in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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A woman light candles at a Buddhist temple during the celebration of the

Chinese New Year in the Chinese district of Binondo on Feb. 19 in Manila,

Philippines. The Chinese New Year (the year of the sheep) has begun, known

by locals as 'Spring Festival' or 'Lunar New Year'and is being celebrated

annually by Chinese Filipinos who make up roughly 20 percent of the local

population. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

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Revelers explode firecrackers as they celebrate Lunar New Year at Manila's

Chinatown on Feb. 19, 2015. The Chinese Lunar New Year on February 19 will

welcome the Year of the Sheep (also known as the Year of the Goat or Ram).

(Erik DeCastro/Reuters) E-MAIL

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