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Believers gathered to release the sky lanterns as a form of prayer for good luck and blessings. The tradition of releasing lanterns began during the Ching Dynasty when bands of outlaws frequently raided villages, forcing local residents to seek refuge in the mountains. The lanterns were signals used by the village watchmen to inform the refugees that their houses were safe again. An elderly Chinese man looks at lanterns displayed outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China on Monday, February 14, Visitors wearing rabbit ear headbands watch a night parade held to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong February 3, A child performer in traditional costumes rehearses for the upcoming Lantern Festival at a park in Taiyuan, Shanxi province on February 11, A Taiwanese man offers prayers at the Longshan temple to welcome the Chinese lunar new year in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday, February 2, A worker lays out newly-made red lanterns to dry at a lantern factory in Jishan county, Shanxi province December 27, Performers form a human pyramid, also known as "dieluohan", on the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Baixiang village of Wuhu, Anhui province, February 5, The local form of human pyramid needs 18 people, including two infants to pile on top, local media reported.

A man lights firecrackers outside a shop on the first day back at work after the Chinese New Year holidays in Taipei, Taiwan on February 8, Villagers stand to form a smiling face in a field to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, during a photo opportunity in Xiluoyin village of Yangqu county, Shanxi province on February 12, A lion dancer looks out from inside his mask awaiting a performance beneath decorative red lanterns at the Temple of the Earth Ditan Park on the eve of the Lunar New Year in Beijing, China on February 2, Hundreds of Buddhists rush to place incense sticks in an urn at a local Chinese Buddhist temple on Thursday February 3, in Singapore.

Every year, hundreds of Buddhist believers gather at a temple where they vie to place their joss sticks in an urn at midnight marking an auspicious start to the Chinese lunar new year.

The show, which is on a 50 countries tour, is organized to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rabbit which started on February 3. Please choose whether or not you want other users to be able to see on your profile that this library is a favorite of yours.

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