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In Photos: Chinese Across Asia Ring in the Year of the Dog

In the Chinese lunar calendar, years are grouped into a 12-year cycle, with each year assigned to an animal symbol.

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China shut down for a week to celebrate the Chinese New Year on Thursday, 16 February. Year 2018 marks the year of the dog in China.

All the government and private offices as well as most of businesses across the country have closed, with millions of people heading home to be with their kin or go on a holiday either in their home country or abroad.

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The Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival is celebrated for about a month. The official holiday, however, lasts for a week.

This year, China bids farewell to the year of Rooster and welcomes the year of the Dog.

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In the Chinese lunar calendar, years are grouped into a 12-year cycle, with each year assigned to an animal symbol, including rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.

Most of the places all over the country are decorated with buntings featuring a dog.

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"Chinese people's way of celebrating the festival has changed from a carnival ritual to a more restrained and environmentally friendly manner, due to lifestyle changes and concerns over pollution," Zhang Yiwu, a professor of Chinese literature at Peking University, told the state-run Global Times.

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The Chinese government is also promoting the festival abroad to promote their culture.

Chinese New Year celebrations will also be held in more than 400 cities in over 130 countries and regions, a government announcement said.

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The Chinese New Year is celebrated across the world among the Chinese community.

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