 | Life in Shanghai: A Chinese worker prepare fish-shaped lanterns Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2000 in Shanghai. People in Shanghai get ready to welcome the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, which begins on Feb. 5. This is the "Year of Dragon" or the 4,698th year based on the Chinese lunar calendar. (AP) click to open  |
 | Life in Shanghai: Visitors walk about under the canopy of hanging lanterns Thursday Feb. 17, 2000 at Yu Garden in Shanghai. Chinese will celebrate the Lantern Festival, marking the offcial first day of spring and ending of Spring Festival Feb 19. (AP) click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: Chinese youth try to break the world's record for the longest dragon dancing on the Great Wall outside of Beijing, China Saturday, February 19, 2000. The dragon was 10,000 feet long (3,048 meters) and took 3,200 people to carry it. (AP ) click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: Chinese youth try to break the world's record for the longest dragon dancing on the Great Wall outside of Beijing, China Saturday, February 19, 2000. The dragon was 10,000 feet long (3,048 meters) and took 3,200 people to carry it. (AP ) click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: Chinese youths try to break the world record for the longest dragon dance at the Great Wall outside of Beijing on Saturday, February 19, 2000. The dragon was 10,000 feet long (3,048 meters) and took 3,200 people to carry it. This year is the Year of the Dragon on the Chinese calendar, and is considered an auspicious year. click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: A young girl looks on as her twin brothers play with toy guns at a Chinese New Year fair in Beijing Monday February 7, 2000. The three are the children of migrant workers living in Beijing. Such a large family is unusual in Chinese cities, where residents are limited to only one child, but rules are more relaxed in rural areas. click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: A performer removes a snake from his mouth during a show for Chinese New Year at a park in Beijing Monday Febuary 7, 2000. Lunar New Year which began on Feb. 5 ended the Year of the Rabbit and began the Year of the Dragon - considered by Chinese to be one of the luckiest in the 12-year zodiac. click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: Thousands of familes attend a temple fair at a park in Beijing Monday Febuary 7, 2000. Lunar New Year which began on Feb. 5 ended the Year of the Rabbit and began the Year of the Dragon - considered by Chinese to be one of the luckiest in the 12-year zodiac. click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: A motorcycle carrying five people makes its way past cyclists and cars in a traffic jam in Pingyao, in China's Shanxi province on Chinese New Year's Day Saturday February 5, 2000. Residents of the ancient town crowded a small market to buy fruit and other items to eat at family dinners on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, before heading out to see a lantern festival at night. Saturday marks the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. (AP) click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: A Chinese couple observe a giant dragon lantern Sunday Feb. 6, 2000 during the Lantern Festival at Zhongshan Park in Shanghai. People in Shanghai welcomed the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, which began on Feb. 5. click to open |
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