How the Chinese New Year walks the planet, and why it is called the lunar
If we have long celebrated the New Year holidays, then for the people of China they are in full swing. For them, the New Year came on February 5, and today most of the Chinese have reunited with their families for several days off.
Today this holiday is celebrated not only in China, but also in many Asian countries. It spread throughout the planet: immigrants brought this tradition with them.
Lantern Festival, Shanghai, China
Family Goes to New Year's Eve Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A man buys Christmas decorations, Jakarta, Indonesia
Street decorated for the holidays with figurines of pigs, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Traditional New Year's Nut Seller, Taipei, Taiwan
Girls getting ready for performance at New Year's event, Java, Indonesia
People pick flowers on Lunar New Year's Eve, New York, USA
Chinese dresses are sold in the Thai market, Bangkok, Thailand
Girls in traditional costumes - the last preparations for a photo shoot, Beijing, China
Pig-shaped lanterns set shortly before the Lunar New Year in Sydney, Australia
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Joel Meyerowitz was born in New York in 1938. Until the 60s, he, trained as an art historian and worked as a designer, did not even think of picking up a camera. Everything turned upside down a fateful meeting with the famous photographer Robert Frank, which inspired him to conduct the first shooting on the streets of his native city. ...