(Guang Niu/Getty Images)Incense and prayersIn China, people are lighting incense sticks and praying at temples to wish for an auspicious start to the Year of the Rooster. Wearing heavy winter coats, they lit incense sticks and bowed as they prayed for good fortune and health. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)Colourful festival in BeijingBeijing's sprawling spring festival temple fair opened at Ditan Park, where empty tree branches were festooned with red lanterns and traditional goods and foods were for sale. ReutersWorldwide celebrationsEthnic Chinese and others around the world also marked the holiday with celebrations and visits to temples. Children and even newborn babies were decked out in face paint and rooster costumes.

Source: CBC News January 29, 2017 01:14 UTC