Revellers take photos of themselves under lanterns and lights at Marina Bay in SingaporeReutersA monk walks near a horse-shaped lantern at a temple in Jenjarom, outside Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaReutersA chef shows a cake decorated with a white chocolate horse, at Kerry's Pantry in BeijingReutersA couple look at Chinese New Year lanterns decorating Yuyuan Garden in ShanghaiReutersA man poses after having an image of a horse with wings tattooed on his back, ahead of the Chinese lunar New Year in BeijngReutersVisitors walk past red lantern decorations at Longtan park in Beijing ahead of the Chinese lunar New YearReutersDevotees pray with incense sticks at the Old City God Temple in Yuyuan Garden in ShanghaiReutersVisitors admire the exhibits at a lantern show at Confucius Temple in NanjingGettyResidents raise their glasses as they pose for photographs at a table full of dishes during a "Ten thousand families dinner" to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, in Wuhan, Hubei province, ChinaReutersA worker hangs a huge decorative red lantern on trees ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at Ditan Park in BeijingReutersRevellers walk past a flower lantern display ahead of the Chinese New Year celebrations at Marina Bay in SingaporeReutersTourists take a picture in front of a giant dragon lantern during a festival in Shenyang, Liaoning ProvinceReutersTravellers heading home for new year arrive to catch their trains at Guangzhou Railway stationGettyA woman drags a suitcase with a boy clinging onto it at a railway station in Qingdao, Shandong provinceReutersFireworks explode over Marina Bay in Singapore ahead of the lunar new yearReutersRevellers walk amongst lanterns during ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations at Marina Bay in SingaporeReutersPedestrians walk under red lanterns hung in the Pudong Financial Area of ShanghaiReutersRed lanterns hang across a street in ShenyangGettyPeople watch a Chinese Lion Dance performance at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaReutersLion dancers rehearse for new year in Phnom Penh, CambodiaGetty