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Malaysia's post company has launched a set of stamps featuring monkeys in celebration of the upcoming "Year of Monkey."
Amid the brisk festival air for the lunar new year, monkey themed designs are receiving a high fever, from stamps to commemorative coins, even fashion items and handicrafts.
2016 is the Year of the Monkey and Feng has spent over a month cutting out approximately 100 monkeys out of red paper before the start of next month’s Spring Festival. The paper-cuts symbolize her best wishes for the upcoming new year.
Dough models of opera characters created by Song are seen in Suzhou city, Jiangsu province, Jan 22, 2016.
Adopting few colors, mainly black, yellow, and a little red, monkeys painted in a calligraphic way are no less vivid than primates brushed with thick oils.
Feb 8 marks the start of the Year of the Monkey. And people born in the Year of the Monkey are often believed to be smart, flexible and ambitious, and can adapt to the changing environment quickly.Many celebrities were born in the Year of the Monkey. We chose 12 of them from China and abroad.
Folk artist Huang Xu makes handicrafts themed Monkey King, a Chinese epic hero, in an art studio in Jimo, East China's Shandong province on Jan 20, 2016.
Even though the Chinese Lunar New Year is still a month away, people are already going ape for the Year of the Monkey.
With the upcoming Year of the Monkey, a variety of gold, monkey-related products have sprung up all over China.
To celebrate the Year of the Monkey, Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) will be releasing a new Zodiac Monkey stamp set which goes on sale on Jan 8 to usher in the Lunar New Year.
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