The Royal Mint released a range of commemorative coins on Feb 5 featuring the playful figure of a monkey to celebrate the forthcoming Chinese New Year on Feb. 8.
Photo taken on Feb 5, 2016 shows the official first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony of the Year of the Monkey Commemorative Forever Stamp at St. John's University Queens Campus in New York, the United States.
Going to temple fairs during Spring Festival remains a favorite activity of Beijing residents spending the Lunar New Year in the capital. Most offer cultural performances and a variety of booths with vendors demonstrating and selling traditional arts and crafts.
People take part in a celebration for "Lichun", the first of the 24 solar terms in Chinese lunar calendar, in Guangnan village, Guilin city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Feb 4, 2016.
Canada Post and the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto held a stamp launch event for the Year of the Monkey international rate stamps on Thursday in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year.
Folk artists in traditional costumes perform the lion dance to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Anyang, Central China's Henan province, Feb 4, 2016.
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When local colleagues jokingly call him "a real friend of Chinese women", Alfred Otto Mueck smiles and says it is an honor to help Chinese women resolve their health issues.
Children surround a "spring cow" on display among the folk activities held at the Beijing Ancient Observatory in Beijing, capital of China, to celebrate the Start of Spring, which falls on Feb 4, 2016.
People across China celebrate the beginning of spring by following traditions such as eating radishes and spring pancakes, representing the acceptation of new and auspicious things.
A total of 100 monkey figurines have been placed on the Nanjing West Road, a prosperous commericial street, in Shanghai, to create a New Year atmosphere.