Finnish visitors enjoy performance at celebration of Chinese New Year in downtown Helsinki, Finland on Feb. 18, 2015. This year marked the ninth Spring Festival celebration in Helsinki jointly held by City of Beijing. The performance featured a combination of dance, folk music instrument, martial arts and acrobatics, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. Apart from the artistic performance, a photo exhibition on Beijing landscape and Chinese winter sports, a colorful Terracotta Warrior lanterns show, as well as intangible cultural heritage presentation were also held at the scene. (Xinhua/Li Jizhi)
Yang Yanyi (2nd L), head of the Chinese Mission to the EU, Chinese Ambassador to Belgium Qu Xing (2nd R) and Tibor Navracsics (1st L), EU commissioner for education, culture, multilingualism and youth pose for a photo after the performance during a Chinese New Year celebration in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 18, 2015. Happy Chinese New Year celebrations were held in Brussels on Wednesday, with Chinese performers bringing dances to the local audiences. (Xinhua/Zhou Lei)
Guests and performers pose for a photo after the performance during a Chinese New Year celebration in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 18, 2015. Happy Chinese New Year celebrations were held in Brussels on Wednesday, with Chinese performers bringing dances to the local audiences. (Xinhua/Zhou Lei)
Performers dance during a Chinese New Year celebration in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 18, 2015. Happy Chinese New Year celebrations were held in Brussels on Wednesday, with Chinese performers bringing dances to the local audiences. (Xinhua/Zhou Lei)
Audiences applaud for the performance during a Chinese New Year celebration in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 18, 2015. Happy Chinese New Year celebrations were held in Brussels on Wednesday, with Chinese performers bringing dances to the local audiences. (Xinhua/Zhou Lei)
Chinese Ambassador to Finland Yu Qingtai (R) and Mayor of Helsinki Jussi Pajunen greet Chinese New Year in downtown Helsinki, Finland on Feb. 18, 2015. This year marked the ninth Spring Festival celebration in Helsinki jointly held by City of Beijing. The performance featured a combination of dance, folk music instrument, martial arts and acrobatics, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. Apart from the artistic performance, a photo exhibition on Beijing landscape and Chinese winter sports, a colorful Terracotta Warrior lanterns show, as well as intangible cultural heritage presentation were also held at the scene. (Xinhua/Li Jizhi)
Finnish dragon dancers perform before the opening of celebration of Chinese New Year in downtown Helsinki, Finland on Feb. 18, 2015. This year marked the ninth Spring Festival celebration in Helsinki jointly held by City of Beijing. The performance featured a combination of dance, folk music instrument, martial arts and acrobatics, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. Apart from the artistic performance, a photo exhibition on Beijing landscape and Chinese winter sports, a colorful Terracotta Warrior lanterns show, as well as intangible cultural heritage presentation were also held at the scene. (Xinhua/Li Jizhi)
Finnish visitors enjoy performance at celebration of Chinese New Year in downtown Helsinki, Finland on Feb. 18, 2015. This year marked the ninth Spring Festival celebration in Helsinki jointly held by City of Beijing. The performance featured a combination of dance, folk music instrument, martial arts and acrobatics, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. Apart from the artistic performance, a photo exhibition on Beijing landscape and Chinese winter sports, a colorful Terracotta Warrior lanterns show, as well as intangible cultural heritage presentation were also held at the scene. (Xinhua/Li Jizhi)
Parents carrying their children line up to pray inside a temple during the Chinese New Year's Eve celebration at Chinatown in Manila, the Philippines, on Feb. 18, 2015. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
Visitors pose for a photo during a Chinese New Year celebration in Prague, the Czech Republic, on Feb. 18, 2015. Happy Chinese New Year celebrations were held in Prague on Wednesday, with performers from China's Hunan Province bringing dances to the local audiences. (Xinhua/Wang Yi)
Visitors buy Chinese food during a Chinese New Year celebration in Prague, the Czech Republic, on Feb. 18, 2015. Happy Chinese New Year celebrations were held in Prague on Wednesday, with performers from China's Hunan Province bringing dances to the local audiences. (Xinhua/Wang Yi)
Visitors watch the performance during a Chinese New Year celebration in Prague, the Czech Republic, on Feb. 18, 2015. Happy Chinese New Year celebrations were held in Prague on Wednesday, with performers from China's Hunan Province bringing dances to the local audiences. (Xinhua/Wang Yi)
Visitors eat Chinese food during a Chinese New Year celebration in Prague, the Czech Republic, on Feb. 18, 2015. Happy Chinese New Year celebrations were held in Prague on Wednesday, with performers from China's Hunan Province bringing dances to the local audiences. (Xinhua/Wang Yi)
People pray in a temple during the Chinese New Year's Eve celebration at Chinatown in Manila, the Philippines, on Feb. 18, 2015. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
People walk under Chinese lanterns during the Chinese New Year's Eve celebration at Chinatown in Manila, the Philippines, on Feb. 18, 2015. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
A girl stands in front of colorful paper cranes during the Chinese New Year's Eve celebration at Chinatown in Manila, the Philippines, on Feb. 18, 2015. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
A lady hangs a paper crane with her wishes written on it during the Chinese New Year's Eve celebration at Chinatown in Manila, the Philippines, on Feb. 18, 2015. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
Singapore's ethnic Chinese prays at Singapore's Guanyin Temple on Waterloo Street on Feb. 19, 2015. Ethnic Chinese in Singapore goes to the temple to pray for good fortune as part of their traditional celebrations on Chinese New Year's Eve. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)
Singapore's ethnic Chinese prays at Singapore's Guanyin Temple on Waterloo Street on Feb. 18, 2015. Ethnic Chinese in Singapore goes to the temple to pray for good fortune as part of their traditional celebrations on Chinese New Year's Eve. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)
Elementary school students of Krikaskoli celebrate Chinese traditional Spring Festival in Mosfellsbaer, near Reykjavik, Iceland, Feb. 18, 2015.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaonan)