A worker installs dragon-shaped lanterns on a lake for lunar new year in Suining, China on January 2, 2012. (Associated Press
A man yawns as he makes red lanterns with other workers for the upcoming Chinese new year at a workshop in Yaxi village on December 27, 2011. (Associated Press
Visitors take pictures in front of a dragon-shaped lantern which has been set up for the upcoming lunar new year in Beijing on January 7, 2012. (China Daily/Reuters
Shoppers walk under red lanterns displayed for the upcoming lunar new year at a department store in Nanjing on January 12, 2012. (Associated Press)
Banh Chung rice cakes await cooking at Tranh Khuc village outside Hanoi on January 14, 2012. Rice cakes are a traditional food dish eaten during the Vietnamese new year known as Tet. Tranh Khuc village is well-known for its Banh Chung, with about 90 percent of more than 200 families providing the treats daily to market. During the Tet, each family makes an average of 1,000 pieces per day and sells them for 30,000 dong ($1.4) per cake. (Kham/Reuters
Dancers perform during a parade held to welcome the upcoming lunar new year in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia on January 15, 2012. (Associated Press
A traditional Chinese dance group performs a show to celebrate lunar new year on January 15, 2012 in Mijas, Spain. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
Malaysians of ethnic Chinese descent perform tai chi exercises underneath lanterns at Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur on January 17, 2012. (Samsul Said/Reuters
A devotee offers prayers inside the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and museum ahead of the lunar new year in Singapore on January 20, 2012. (Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)
Austin Tseng watches her doctor perform an ultrasound imaging on her "dragon baby" at the Adventist Hospital in Taipei on January 18, 2012. Some believe that babies born in the auspicious Year of the Dragon in the 12-year zodiac cycle are gifted with prodigious quantities of luck and strength. (Wally Santana/Associated Press
Vendors sell lunar new year decorations ahead of Tet in Hanoi on January 19, 2012. (Justin Mott/Bloomberg
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