In pictures: Hundreds of millions in Asia celebrate Year of the Snake – World

Eight consecutive public holidays provide Chinese residents an opportunity to distribute food, participate in traditional performances and prevent firecrackers.

Hundreds of millions of Asia celebrate Chinese New Year with their family on Wednesday, as they farewell to the Dragon’s year in the snake year.

The Chinese 2025’s Spring Festival enjoys eight consecutive public holidays, sharing food, participating in traditional performances and launching firecrackers and fireworks.

Train stations and airports across the country have been jammed for weeks as millions of people returned home to spend the annual migration with their loved ones, which is expected to be recorded.

Many parts of East and Southeast Asia, including South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand, have been burdened with high streets, shopping malls, offices and houses in the red banners of the festival.

On the first day of the snake’s Chinese New Year on January 29, on January 29, people take pictures with stalls selling red Chinese -style clothes in the Bangkok district of Bangkok. – AFP

A folk dancer, the snake’s Chinese New Year’s first day, performs for a crowd at the Dutton Park Temple Fair in Beijing on January 29. – AFP

A folk dancer prepares to perform at the Dutton Park Temple Fair in Beijing on January 29, the first day of the snake’s Chinese New Year. – AFP

An actor dressed by a Emperor’s clothing sits in Sidan’s chair during the re -implementation of a royal ceremony, on January 29, the first day of the lunar New Year in Beijing, China.

People walk in the street decorated in Carnival on January 28 in Beijing on the eve of the snake’s Chinese New Year. – AFP

The actor produces a spectacle with a molten steel at a Chinese New Year Lantern Festival in Nantong, China’s eastern Jiangsu province on January 27.

Members of the Angkoor Troop, who are engaged in traditional Thai Chinese performance art, prepare a back-stage before their show on a Chinese New Year on a department store in Bangkok, Thailand on January 28.

The owner of a shop is sitting at his stall on January 26 before the Chinese lunar New Year celebrations in Chennatawan, Thailand, Thailand. – Reuters

On January 28, people perform with a Chinese dragon during Chinese New Year celebrations in the Cuban city of Havana. – Reuters

People pass through Chinese Town on January 28 before the Chinese lunar New Year in London, England. – Reuters

A worshiper reacts when he prays for the Chinese lunar year’s New Year’s celebrations, the snake year, in the Dip of the Dip Temple, on January 29 in the outskirts of Indonesia. – Reuters

Members of the Chinese community take pictures on January 29, on the first day of the snake’s New Year during the traditional dragon and lion dance in Kolkata. – AFP

Japanese tourists, Nika, Madoka, Karin, Mayo and Ayaka on January 28, on the occasion of the New Year’s New Year, pose for a photo on a tour of Wat Arun or Temple in Bangkok. – Reuters


Header image: A dancer prepared for a lion dance performance at the Dutton Park Temple Fair in Beijing on January 29, the first day of the snake’s lunar new year. – AFP

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