Prayers and robots usher in the Year of the HorseAP, BEIJINGTraditional prayers, fireworks and fairs yesterday marked the Lunar New Year — alongside 21st-century humanoid robots. People pray and make offerings inside a temple during Lunar New Year celebrations in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Ritchie B. Tongo, EPAThey lit incense sticks, bowed their heads and left offerings of colorful flower bouquets on outdoor tables on the temple grounds. People walk next to a horse sculpture inside a temple during Lunar New Year celebrations in Taipei yesterday. A man wears a horse head hat at Hong Kong’s Wong Tai Sin Temple on Lunar New Year’s Eve on Monday night.

Source: Taipei Times February 17, 2026 18:45 UTC