Lantern Festival every year and involves performers maneuvering a dragon as people shoot off firecrackers near them. A strong continental cold air mass and abundant moisture bringing snow to mountains 3,

The Chinese zodiac corresponds to various years people were born, and each animal is believed to influence the lives of people born in that year. The Year of the Snake is seen as one of renewal and regeneration and aligns with people born in 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 and 2025.

More than a billion people across the world, from China to the Philippines to diaspora communities in the United States, began celebrating the Lunar New Year on Tuesday with fireworks, family time and feasts. On Wednesday, the first new moon of the Year of the Snake will mark the imminent arrival of spring.

Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families on Wednesday, as they bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and usher in the Year of the Snake.

Firecrackers popped, incense were offered at temples and dancers paradaded to the beat of drums across Asia on Wednesday. Hundreds of millions gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year, saying goodbye to the Year of the Dragon and welcoming in the Year of the Snake.

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During the Year of the Dragon, the TAIEX rose 5,429.34 points, the highest ever, while the 30 percent increase in the year was the second-highest behind only a 30.84 percent gain in the Year of the Rat from Jan. 25, 2020, to Feb. 11, 2021, Taiwan Stock Exchange data showed.

The 2003 film “Goodbye, Dragon Inn” opened in a cinema in Taipei that was screening King Hu’s 1967 film “Dragon Inn.” It will be the last movie shown in the cinema and is a fitting choice, as Hu’s Wuxia film marked a significant milestone in Taiwanese and world cinema.