From Lunar New 12 months prayers to high-tech shows, hundreds of thousands usher within the 12 months of the Horse

[ad_1] Conventional prayers, fireworks and festivals marked the Lunar New 12 months on Tuesday – alongside Twenty first-century humanoid robots.

The actions ushered within the 12 months of the Horse, one in all 12 animals within the Chinese language zodiac, succeeding the 12 months of the Snake.

Hundreds of individuals in Beijing jammed into the previous Temple of Earth to purchase snacks, toys and trinkets from stalls. Solar Jing, who introduced her mother and father to the capital for the vacation, stated the environment was as vigorous as in her childhood.

"I haven’t felt such a powerful sense of Lunar New 12 months festivity in a really, very very long time,” she stated.

Crowds descended on fashionable temples to burn incense and pray for happiness and success within the coming 12 months. The Lunar New 12 months is an important annual vacation in China and another East Asian nations and is well known outdoors the area, too.

Humanoid robots carry out in entrance of a festive backdrop throughout a media preview of a robotic temple truthful forward of Lunar New 12 months in Beijing, China, February 13, 2026. © Vincent Thian, AP As yearly, China celebrated the Lunar New 12 months with a TV present and as soon as once more the humanoid robots had been a central a part of the efficiency Monday night time.

One of many highlights of the CCTV Spring Competition gala was a martial arts efficiency by kids and robots. For a number of minutes, humanoids from Unitree Robotics confirmed totally different sequences and even brandished swords.

The efficiency confirmed China’s push to develop extra superior robots powered by improved AI capabilities.

Viewers applauded the robots, with one saying they provide good steering and path for younger folks. One man, although, stated that whereas China's advances in robotics are nice, they detracted from his expertise.

“It lacks a little bit of the New 12 months environment,” Li Bo stated. "It’s not as satisfying as once I was little watching the gala.”

Actor Lana Wong Wai Lin, heart, and different worshippers burn incense at Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome the Lunar New 12 months of the Horse in Hong Kong, February 16, 2026. © Chan Lengthy Hei, AP Incense smoke wafted into the air at a temple in Hong Kong the place folks line up yearly to make needs for the brand new 12 months at midnight.

Holding up a cluster of incense sticks, many bowed their heads a number of instances earlier than planting the sticks in containers positioned in entrance of a temple corridor.

Entertainers in Vietnam sang at an outside countdown occasion earlier than a number of fireworks exhibits at a number of cities within the Southeast Asian nation, the place the competition is known as Tet.

Gentle exhibits lit up bridges and skyscrapers because the fireworks went off and crowds clapped in rhythm to dwell pop music performances.

Folks sampled Chinese language delicacies from stalls and strolled alongside snowy streets embellished with crimson lanterns and dragons as two weeks of occasions acquired underway Monday at numerous venues within the Russian capital.

Spokeswoman of Russia's International Ministry Maria Zakharova and China's Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui attend the Lunar New 12 months competition showcasing conventional Chinese language tradition, arts and performances in central Moscow, Russia, February 16, 2026. © Ramil Sitdikov, Reuters The third annual Lunar New 12 months celebration comes at time of warming relations between China and Russia – ties which have pissed off many European governments due to the struggle in Ukraine.

The solemn peal of a temple bell rang out 108 instances – an auspicious quantity – as folks flocked to the Baoan Temple in Taipei on Tuesday morning.

They lit incense sticks, bowed their heads and left choices of colourful flower bouquets on outside tables on the temple grounds in Taiwan's capital metropolis.

Hundreds of Argentines gathered in Buenos Aires’s Chinatown to have a good time the Lunar New 12 months and loved dragon and lion dances on the principle stage, alongside martial arts demonstrations.