Prayers, fireworks and festivals: Hundreds of thousands have a good time Lunar New Yr throughout East Asia

Conventional prayers, fireworks and festivals marked the Lunar New Yr on Tuesday – alongside Twenty first-century humanoid robots. The actions ushered within the Yr of the Horse, one among 12 animals within the Chinese language zodiac, succeeding the Yr of the Snake. Crowds descended on in style temples to burn incense and pray for happiness and success within the coming yr. The Lunar New Yr is a very powerful annual vacation in China and another East Asian nations and is widely known exterior the area, too.