For the fifth year in a row, the New York Philharmonic celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year with pieces by Chinese composers and a work inspired by China at Lincoln Center in New York on Tuesday night.
Artists perform the traditional Lion Dance to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, in the city of San Jose, capital of Costa Rica, on Feb. 8, 2016.
A free community event held to celebrate the Chinese New Year at Lincoln Center, New York, Feb. 9, 2016.
Chicago is filled with joy and festivity as it celebrates China's Lunar New Year, with lots of decoration and activities featuring monkey in the city.
Fireworks illuminate the sky over the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, south China, Feb. 9, 2016, to celebrate the traditional Spring Festival.
People set off firecrackers and watched lion dance in Manhattan's Chinatown to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year on Monday.
Chinese disabled artists perform during an event to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Panama City, capital of Panama.
The Spring Festival, or chunjie in Mandarin, seems to have transformed from the most celebrated traditional holiday in China into an international festival. People around the world are showing more interest in Chinese culture and learning from its cherished values.
More than 1.1 million public elementary and high school students took their first-ever Chinese New Year's Day off for the Year of the Monkey, thanks to years of eff ort by Chinese Americans to have it declared an offi cial school holiday.
Actors perform during a parade in Hong Kong, south China, on Feb. 8, 2016, in celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year.
Fourteen-year-old Chen Yiyue, who is half-Chinese, half-French, has always relished the atmosphere of a Chinese Spring Festival celebration.
The Spring Festival, or chunjie in Mandarin, seems to have transformed from the most celebrated traditional holiday in China into an international festival.