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Spring Festival celebration around China

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Updated: 2010-02-14 20:05
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Spring Festival celebration around China
Actors take part in a performance, adapted from an ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony where emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on the first day of the Chinese New Year February 14, 2010. The Chinese New Year began on Sunday and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger.[Photo/Agencies]Spring Festival celebration around China
 

 

Spring Festival celebration around China
Actors take part in a performance at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on the first day of the Chinese New Year.[Photo/Agencies]Spring Festival celebration around China


 
Spring Festival celebration around China
An actor reacts to the cold as he waits to take part in a performance at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on the first day of the Chinese New Year.[Photo/Agencies]Spring Festival celebration around China