On Jan 8, the Spring Festival Celebration for the Year of the Snake commenced with a launch ceremony held at the Irish National Botanic Gardens in Dublin, Ireland.
The China Cultural Center in Sofia on Sunday held an event to celebrate upcoming Spring Festival which marks the start of the traditional Chinese New Year.
Performers stage a dragon dance at a temple fair in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, on Friday. Thousands of Bangladeshis attended the event to experience the Chinese New Year culture.