Fireworks light up the skyline of Beijing as residents celebrate the start of the Chinese new year
1. Fireworks light up the skyline of Beijing as residents celebrate the start of the Chinese new year
2. Celebrations for the Year of the Dragon will last 15 days
3. Fireworks over Beijing
4. Actors perform on the eve of the New Year of the Dragon at a park in Beijing
5. Fireworks light up the skyline of Beijing as residents celebrate the start of the Chinese new year
6. A reveller writes "Dragon" in traditional Chinese characters and 2012 with sparklers in Beijing
7. A man watches fireworks explode in an alleyway in Beijing
8. Actors perform on the eve of the New Year of the Dragon at a park in Beijing
9. Chinese-Indonesians perform dragon dances a day before Chinese new year in Bali
10. Philippines wait to perform a dragon dance on the eve of the celebrations for Chinese New Year at Manila's Chinatown district
11. Women pose for photographs in front of a large dragon made of flowers at the Sentosa Flowers festival in Singapore
12. Young performers dressed in dragon costumes play before their performance at a park in Beijing
13. An actor strikes a pose next to a Chinese dragon prior to his performance on the eve of the New Year of the Dragon at a park in Beijing
14. Actors perform the dragon dance on the eve of the New Year of the Dragon at a park in Beijing
