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Added on the 10/02/2020 06:00:57 - Copyright : AFP EN
A Taiwan temple strikes a drum on Lunar New Year's Day to welcome the Year of the Rabbit while worshippers walk under giant lanterns to pray for good fortune in the new year. The rabbit is the fourth animal in the 12 Chinese zodiac signs. IMAGES
Monks at Dharma Drum Mountain Temple in Taiwan strike their temple bells 108 times to ring in the Year of the Tiger. The striking of the bells symbolises the removal of 108 kinds of human worries. IMAGES
Taipei, Feb 12 (EFE/EPA).- People all over the world are celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival.Festivities were marred this year as the world battles to deal with a deadly outbreak of coronavirus.The Lunar New Year 2021 falls on Feb. 12 and marks the beginning of the Year of the Ox in Chinese astrology. (Camera: RITCHIE TONGO).SHOT LIST: LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN.
Taipei, Feb 10 (EFE/EPA).- People in Taiwan on Wednesday shopped for ornaments and flowers ahead of the Lunar New Year day which falls on Feb. 12 and will mark the beginning of the Year of the Ox in Chinese astrologies.Most major public gatherings and events in Taiwan were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: RITCHIE TONGO).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE SHOPS FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR ORNAMENTS AND FLOWERS IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN.
Beijing, Feb 5 (EFE/EPA).- Ditan park in the Chinese capital on Friday was decorated with Chinese lanterns as part of the preparations for the upcoming Lunar New Year day, which marks the beginning of the Year of Ox in Chinese astrology. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).B-ROLL OF DITAN PARK IN BEIJING, CHINA, DECORATED WITH CHINESE LANTERNS FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS.
Rainy skies can't stop hundreds of couples in Taiwan from celebrating Valentine's Day by sending candle-lit lanterns floating off into the night, during the annual Lantern Festival. Diane Hodges reports.
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