 | Spring Festival 2000: Familes pray at a Buddhist temple in celebration of Chinese New Year Sunday, Feb. 6, 2000. During the next few days of celebrations, many Chinese were expected to visit parks and temples that have been decked out with lanterns, dragon statues and stalls selling toys and food. click to open  |
 | Spring Festival 2000: Thai performers take a break near a dragon during Chinese New Year celebration in downtown Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, Feb. 5, 2000. The Chinese New Year "Year of the Golden Dragon" started Friday in Thailand. click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: Members of the Ho-Nan Shau-Lin Association's Golden Dragon Team, of Brooklyn, make their way through New York's Chinatown during a celebration of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2000. Families are out in force, watching the numerous swirling, dancing dragons on the start of the year four-thousand, six-hundred and 98 (4,698) on the Chinese Lunar calendar. click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: Women cover their ears from firecrackers in the Chinese neighborhood of Panama City, Panama on Saturday, February 5, 2000. Today marks the Chinese New Year, ushering in the year of the dragon. (AP) click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: A dragon dancer rests while others perform in front of fircrackers in the Chinese neighborhood of Panama City, Panama on Saturday, February 5, 2000. Today marks the Chinese New Year, ushering in the year of the dragon. Panama's Chinese population first immigrated in the mid 1800's to help construct the the transcontinental railroad that predated the Panama Canal. click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: A woman prays in celebration of Chinese New Year at a temple fair in Beijing Saturday Febuary 5, 2000. (AP) click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: Two young members of an acrobatic troupe perform on stage during a show at Pingyao, in China's Shanxi province on Chinese New Year's Day Saturday February 5, 2000. The travelling troupe began a series of performances Saturday as part of celebrations of the beginning of the Year of the Dragon (AP) click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: A young girl prepares to pray during Chinese New Year at a temple fair in Beijing Saturday Febuary 5, 2000. (AP) click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: A performer leads a traditional dragon dance Saturday Feb. 5, 2000 at Yu Garden in Shanghai during the Lantern Festival to celebrate Chinese New Year. (AP) click to open |
 | Spring Festival 2000: Chinese familes throw copper coins in the hopes of hitting a bell for good luck in celebration of Chinese New Year at a temple fair in Beijing Saturday Febuary 5, 2000. (AP) click to open |
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