Across Asia, people welcome the Lunar New Year with decorations, family reunions, and cultural performances, bringing streets and temples to life in a vibrant celebration of tradition.
People pray in a temple in Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 28, 2025, a day ahead of the Lunar New Year.
The Lunar New Year, the Year of the Snake, begins Wednesday, and is celebrated by people across Asia.
A lion dance troupe in Bangkok, Thailand on Jan. 28, 2025.
Citizens enjoy the festive atmosphere at Kuaizi Road in preparation for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake in Foshan, Guangdong province of China on Jan. 28, 2025.
It is an important Chinese custom that every family will paste new couplets on their doors to express their good wishes and increase the festival atmosphere during the Spring Festival.
People have reunion meals at a restaurant in Wuhu City, east China’s Anhui Province, Jan. 28, 2025. Dining with family members in a reunion meal has been a cherished tradition for the Chinese on the eve of the Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 29 this year.
People visit the Yokohama Mazu Miao temple on the eve of the Lunar New Year of the Snake in Yokohama’s Chinatown area in Japan on Jan. 28, 2025.
Cambodian ethnic Chinese people perform a dragon dance on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in front of Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, ahead of the Lunar New Year.
Snake figurines are seen on sale in the Chinatown district of Manila, the Philippines, on the eve of the Lunar New Year of the Snake on Jan. 28, 2025.
People take photographs in front of a decorative installation in Surabaya in Indonesia on Jan. 27, 2025, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Snake.
Customers shop for flowers at the Neihu Flower Market in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 27, 2025, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Snake.
Visitors watch as costumed divers perform the traditional Chinese lion dance at the Aquaria KLCC oceanarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Jan. 26, 2025, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Snake.
