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 | People burn incense and pray at the Baiyunguan (White Cloud) taoist temple in Beijing, on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Chinese ushered in the Year of the Monkey -- year 4071 in the Chinese lunar calender. click to open  |  | Children dressed as monkeys pose for photos at a temple fair in Beijing on Chinese New Year's Day Thursday Jan. 22, 2004. Thousands flocked to temple fairs across the city to mark the beginning of the Year of the Monkey. click to open |  | Fireworks are seen in Tianjin, a northern port city some 120 kms (75 miles) from Beijing, in celebration Chinese Lunar New Year on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004. click to open |  | Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, left, talks with local villagers during his visit to a village in Xinxiang County of central China's Henan Province, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2004. click to open |  | 2004 Spring Festival in Guangzhou: a flower decor on the streets of Guangzhou, on the Chinese New Year, January 22, 2004. click to open |  | 2004 Spring Festival in Haikou: A couple playing with their child in a Haikou park, on the Chinese New Year, January 22, 2004. click to open |  | Two American tourists engaging in a rope-stretching competition in the ancient capital of China, Xi'an, on the Chinese New Year, January 22, 2004. click to open |  | Local residents performing traditional ceremonies in Yuci City, Shanxi, China, on the Chinese New Year, January 22, 2004. click to open |  | An acrobat "fighting" with a tiger during an animal show at a temple fair in Beijing on Chinese New Year's Day Thursday Jan. 22, 2004. Thousands flocked to temple fairs across the city to mark the beginning of the Year of the Monkey. click to open |  | 2004 Spring Festival in Taiyuan, China: a customer picking out flowers from a flower ship in Taiyuan on the first day of lunar Chinese New Year on Jan 22nd, 2004. click to open |
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