Chinese New Year celebrations (27 images)
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Crowds visit a Spring Festival fair in Beijing
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Chinese man shops for traditional, red New Year gifs at a Spring
Festival temple fair in Beijing January 25, 2012. This year's Lunar New
Year, or Spring Festival, is China's most important holiday and began
on January 23, marking the start of the Year of the Dragon. Dragon
years typically generate more births than other years in the Zodiac
cycle, with China predicting a 5 percent rise in the number of babies
born in 2012. UPI/Stephen Shaver
