- Dancing dragons, fantastic costumes and a feast of fireworks: Spectacular pictures from Chinese New Year across the world
- Chinese New Year began on January 31 marking the start of the Year of the Horse
- Biggest holiday in Chinese calendar, with celebrations across the world all weekend
People around the world headed to the streets to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and to welcome the Year of the Horse.
Chinese New Year, which began on Friday, is the most important holiday in the country's calendar with residents getting a week-long holiday. But this year celebrations were relatively low-key in China.
Chinese festivities normally begin with extravagant fireworks displays, which are believed to bring good luck and dispel evil spirits. However, as smog has blanketed parts of central and eastern China over the last few months, officials called on residents to buy fewer fireworks in order to lessen air pollution in the country.
Celebrations around the globe: Performers in costume take part in the Chinese New Year parade through Sydney's centre on Sunday
Paris festivities: People in costume parade through the French capital to mark the start of the Chinese lunar calendar
Elaborate: Miao Minority villagers dance during events around a traditional Chinese New Year horse fighting competition for the Year of the Horse at the village of Tiantou in China's Guangxi Province
Even the New Year galas, which are shown on state television, were reduced in scale in keeping with President Xi Jinping’s call for frugality, Reuters reported.
The holiday was also marked in cities around the world.
Sydney kicked off a week of festivities with a parade through the city’s centre attended by 100,000, according the City of Sydney Council.
The parade featured rocking horses, jockeys and a giant Trojan horse all moving to the sounds of pop song Horses, by Daryl Braithwaite. In keeping with the Year of the Horse celebrations, even the mounted police got a cheer from the crowd, according to AAP.
New York’s celebrations saw 5,000 participate in a parade through the streets of Chinatown. Magicians, acrobats, and dragon puppeteers spilled out into nearby streets.
Twilight Parade: Performers in Sydney prepare for the parade through the city's centre
Blaze of colour: A giant dragon is carried through the street of the Belleville district during a parade in Paris on Sunday afternoon
Sydney celebrations: The lunar celebrations in Sydney are the largest outside of Asia
An ancient celebration in a modern age: Thousands of people dressed up in traditional costume to participate in celebrations across the world, including Beijing and Sydney
Lion dance: The opening ceremony of the Chinese new year celebrations in the centre of The Hague
Global celebrations: More than 100,000 people came out to watch the New Year parade in Sydney's centre
Traditional celebrations: Worshippers make offerings of incense sticks during a Lunar New Year celebration at Che Kung Temple in Hong Kong
New York parade: Thousands of people braved the cold to celebrate Chinese New Year in Chinatown
Crowds flock: Thousands of Londoners head into the city for Chinese New Year celebrations in Trafalgar Square
Chinese New Year celebrations in Trafalgar Square, London. 2014 is the Year of the Horse
Year of the horse: Performers in horse costumes at the start of the New Year parade in London
Crowds: Thousands turned out to watch the celebrations in Paris which featured the usual dragon and lion puppets as well as horses to mark the Year of the Horse
Performers in traditional dress take part in the Twilight Parade in Sydney to mark the New Year celebrations
Dragon in London: A Chinese dragon leads the annual parade through central London
Celebrations in Beijing were low-key compared to other years but still full of colourful performances
Acrobats perform on a tightrope at a temple fair celebrating the traditional Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing
Performers in Paris dress in traditional Chinese costumes and headdresses and walk through the streets to celebrate the Chinese New Year
Fireworks in Hong Kong: Fireworks are a large part of Chinese New Year celebrations, but were limited in number this year due to high levels of air pollution over the winter
Miao Minority villagers dress as spirits at a traditional horse fighting competition in China's Guangxi Province as part of New Year celebrations
This dramatic arch was the centrepiece of celebrations in Liverpool's Chinatown: The event drew thousands from across the city
Year of the Horse: Horses were a focus of this year's festivities in parades and celebrations across the globe, including the parade in New York
South African celebration: Members of a Nanhua Temple perform a traditional Chinese ritual with a dragon as they celebrate the Chinese New Year near Pretoria
Children in panda costumes take part in the new year celebrations in Paris
Gathering in the middle of the city: Huge crowds gather in Trafalgar Square to watch the Chinese New Year celebrations
Ballerinas join in the celebrations: dancers don horse heads during Sydney celebrations to mark the Year of the Horse, which began on January 31st
Chinese New Year was marked in cities around the world including celebrations in Paris
Celebration for all ages: A little girl was among the thousands of people who came out for the New Year Parade in Chinatown in New York
Buenos Aires: People perform in the Lions Parade during Chinese New Year. According the tradition, touching the dragon brings good luck
Performers embrace the Year of the Horse during celebrations through central London
Children in Sydney prepare to perform in the celebrations on Sunday: Chinese New Year begins on 31 January and runs for a week
People try to touch the dragon puppet during a parade in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday. According to tradition, touching the dragon brings good luck
A performer walks past a building featuring projected images of horses to celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Horse during the Sydney celebrations
A dragon puppet hangs beside a barricade as spectators wait for the Chinatown New Year Parade and Festival to begin in New York
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