 | A Chinese worshipper prays at Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open  |
 | A Chinese worshipper offers incense while praying at Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open |
 | Chinese worshippers offer incense at Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open |
 | Chinese worshippers offer incense at Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open |
 | Chinese worshippers pray at Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open |
 | Worshippers carrying umbrellas flocks to Longhua Temple to greet the Lunar New Year in Shanghai February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient temple in China's business capital to welcome in the Year of the Rooster. click to open |
 | Chinese worshippers offer incense and pray during the Chinese Lunar New Year Day at the Baiyun Temple in Beijing February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient Taoist temple in China's capital to ring in the Year of the Rooster. click to open |
 | Chinese worshippers offer incense and pray during the Chinese Lunar New Year Day at the Baiyun Temple in Beijing February 9, 2005. Tens of thousands of worshippers visited the ancient Taoist temple in China's capital to ring in the Year of the Rooster. click to open |
 | A woman lights joss sticks at a temple to pray on Chinese New Year's eve in a temple in Beijing. Decades of communist preachings against superstition and even political persecution have done little to eradicate deep-rooted superstitious beliefs, which are making a big comeback in China particularly at Chinese New Year click to open |
 | A Chinese performer performs lion dance at a temple fair in Beijing, in this picture taken on February 9, 2005. Life in the bustling Chinese capital slows down as people continue to enjoy their annual week-long Spring Festival holiday, welcoming the Year of the Rooster. Picture taken on February 9, 2005. click to open |
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