Asia welcomes Lunar New Year with banquets, temple visits - Lunar year of the pig - Economic Times
Lunar year of the pig
Asia is welcoming the lunar year of the pig with visits to temples, family banquets and the world's biggest travel spree.
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Biggest family holiday
The streets of Beijing and other major Chinese cities were quiet and empty Tuesday after millions of people left to visit relatives or travel abroad during the year's biggest family holiday.
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Shutdown of places
Families gathered at home for multigenerational banquets. Shops, companies and government offices closed for the week.
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Welcoming new year
In Hong Kong, worshippers stood in line for hours at the Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome the lunar new year by lighting incense.
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Huge number of trips
hina's railway ministry forecast mainland travelers would make 413 million trips during the three-week period around the holiday.
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