Asia: Lunar New Year
Preparations for the up coming Lunar New Year celebrations on February 8 across Asia.
Tue Jan 26 2016
In this picture taken on January 22, 2016, workers make red lanterns at a factory in the village of Tuntou, in Hebei province southwest of Beijing, for the up coming Lunar New Year celebrations on February 8. For the past two months, the town has been churning out the pumpkin-shaped lamps in preparation for the biggest holiday of the year in the world's most populous country. Known as the "Spring Festival" in China, the holiday, which falls on February 8 on this occasion, compares in importance to Christmas in the West, and marks a time when for far-flung family members return home for merriment and meals -- according to tradition, they must be back by midnight on the eve of the new year. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR
In this picture taken on January 22, 2016, a worker hangs red lanterns in a factory in the village of Tuntou, in Hebei province southwest of Beijing, for the up coming Lunar New Year celebrations on February 8. For the past two months, the town has been churning out the pumpkin-shaped lamps in preparation for the biggest holiday of the year in the world's most populous country. Known as the "Spring Festival" in China, the holiday, which falls on February 8 on this occasion, compares in importance to Christmas in the West, and marks a time when for far-flung family members return home for merriment and meals -- according to tradition, they must be back by midnight on the eve of the new year. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR
In this picture taken on January 22, 2016, workers make red lanterns at a factory in the village of Tuntou, in Hebei province southwest of Beijing, for the up coming Lunar New Year celebrations on February 8. For the past two months, the town has been churning out the pumpkin-shaped lamps in preparation for the biggest holiday of the year in the world's most populous country. Known as the "Spring Festival" in China, the holiday, which falls on February 8 on this occasion, compares in importance to Christmas in the West, and marks a time when for far-flung family members return home for merriment and meals -- according to tradition, they must be back by midnight on the eve of the new year. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR
Shoppers walk past red lantern decorations ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur on January 20, 2016. AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN
This picture taken on January 11, 2016 shows a gardener caring for a grape fruit tree with grafted Buddha-hand fruits on sale for the upcoming Tet holiday or Lunar New Year at a private garden in the district of Van Giang in the northern province of Hung Yen. Peach blossoms and trees that bear many fruits like oranges, kumquats or grape fruit trees are used to decorate Vietnamese homes on this occasion as sign of prosperity for a new year. Vietnamese will celebrate Tet in early February this year. AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH Nam
This picture taken on January 11, 2016 shows a gardener inspecting grape fruit trees with grafted Buddha-hand fruits on sale for the upcoming Tet holiday or Lunar New Year at a private garden in the district of Van Giang in the northern province of Hung Yen. Peach blossoms and trees that bear many fruits like oranges, kumquats or grape fruit trees are used to decorate Vietnamese homes on this occasion as sign of prosperity for a new year. Vietnamese will celebrate Tet in early February this year. AFP PHOTO / HOANG DINH Nam
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