EMPERORS' NEW CLOTHES: Models dressed as Chinese gods at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. Photo: AP
HERALDING THE NEW YEAR: A woman puts up a traditional papercut over the window of a restaurant in Beijing. Photo: AP
PICTURE PERFECT: A family poses with some Lunar New Year decorations at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Photo: AP
WISHES FROM DEEP WITHIN: Staff of Siam Ocean aquarium in Chinese costumes hold a banner which reads "Happy Chinese. New Year We wish you a happy healthy year" in Bangkok.
ROARING YEAR AHEAD: People walk near a tiger-shaped lantern set up for the coming new year, also the Year of the Tiger, in northwest China's Gansu province. Photo: AP
WHAT'S COOKING: Indonesian workers make toffee-like sweet cake "dodol," one of the traditional delicacies served during Chinese New Year celebrations, in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta. Photo: AP
DECKED UP: Kek Lok Si Buddhist temple with lighting decorations in Penang Island, Malaysia. Ethnic Chinese Malaysians will celebrate the Chinese New Year on February 14. Photo: AP
STUFFED AND READY: Stuffed tiger dolls are sold at a street stall in Shanghai. Photo: AP
HOMEWARD BOUND: Passengers wait at the Guangzhou railway station in Guangzhou, southern China. China's transport network is gearing up for millions of travelers during the annual Chinese Spring Festival. Photo: AP
CITY OF LANTERNS: Red lanterns on display in downtown Beijing. Photo: AP
FORTUNE KISSED: A man dressed as Chinese god of fortune at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Photo: AP
ZEALOUS DRAGON: A colourful dragon's mouth costume in the Chinese New Year Parade in Vancouver's Chinatown. Photo: AP Photo/Tourism British Columbia