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China Starts Lunar New Year of the Dragon
This week millions of Chinese travel back to their family homes to celebrate the Chinese New Year
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Performers wearing costumes of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) take part in a worship ceremony in Tiantan Park, or the Temple of Heaven, in Beijing, January 23, 2012. (AFP)
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Indonesians perform a dragon dance celebrating Chinese New Year in the Ancol park in Jakarta. The Lunar new year is the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar, January 23, 2012. (AFP)
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A performer wearing a horse costume (2nd R) stands next to fellow actors dressed in traditional costume and wearing make-up as they prepare to take part in Chinese new year celebrations at the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in Beijing, January 23, 2012. (Reu
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A performer known as a "strong man" twirls weights on his shoulder as he performs in front of a crowd during Chinese new year celebrations at the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in Beijing. The temple is the largest of its kind in northern China for the Zheng