Chinese New Year Celebrations Overseas

PHOTOS: Chinese New Year Celebrations Overseas

A first prize winner of Just Share It - Happy Chinese New Year Photo Contest 2016, Let's Take a Photo, by Chen Yongwei
Belgian man and his daughter wear Tangzhuang, a traditional Chinese suit featuring typical Chinese embroidery, at a Chinese New Year celebration event
A little girl takes a photo with a Chinese dragon figure at the Chinese New Year parade in London, January 29, 2017
Chinese men perform a traditional dragon dance at a Chinese New Year parade in Lisbon, capital of Portugal
Celebrations of Chinese New Year in front of Copenhagen City Hall, Denmark
A girl learns to write Chinese characters in calligraphy at a Chinese New Year celebration in Dublin, Ireland on February 5, 2017
Manneken Pis, the national symbol of Belgium, is dressed in traditional Chinese costume to mark Chinese New Year on January 28, 2017
A group of 300 people practice qigong - a Chinese system of deep breathing exercises, in Brussels, Belgium
Two Russian girls decorate a tree with Chinese red lanterns
A U.S. woman dances at the Chinese New Year gala held in Cleveland, Ohio
Performances of Chinese martial arts attract crowds in Rome on January 28, 2017
People watch a lion dance at a Chinese New Year event in Singapore
Chinese women play kongzhu, a traditional Chinese game involving a bamboo ball, at a Chinese New Year parade in Malta
Making sugar paintings - a traditional Chinese art form, attracts crowds at the Chinese embassy in Katmandu, Nepal
Illuminating installations at Singapore's iconic floating platform usher in the Year of Rooster
Fireworks light up the night sky at Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong

More than 1,000 entries from more than 30 countries have been submitted to the Just Share It - Happy Chinese New Year Photo Contest 2017 since its launch on January 1. Thank you for your participation!

The annual contest is still open for entries worldwide until February 28.

Regardless of whether you are a professional or amateur photographer, who you are or where you are from, everyone is welcome to submit photos of Chinese New Year celebrations around the globe. The photos must be taken outside of the Chinese mainland.

The entries will be judged and the winners will be awarded prize money up to 5,000 yuan ($720).

Here are some of the wonderful entries submitted so far.

(Chinaculture.org February 14, 2017)