Grand celebrations for Chinese Lunar New Year in China

Worshippers burn incense as they pray for health and fortune on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing. (AP Photo)

Performers show dragon dance during a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong. (AP Photo)

Performers take part in a night parade. (AP Photo)

Performers showcasing their multiple talents. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Horse in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo)

People play on an iced lake covered with artificial snow at Longtan Park temple fair during the Spring Festival holidays in Beijing. (AP Photo)

Lunar probe Chang'e 3 and made off the screen of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, China's first moon rover Jade Rabbit touches the lunar surface. Fans of China's Jade Rabbit moon rover sent Lunar New Year greetings to the robot, wishing it a speedy recovery from a malfunction it reported in a melodramatic dispatch by an official news agency before going into hibernation. (AP Photo)