Villagers perform dragon dance on a glass skywalk alongside a cliff to greet Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rabbit, at the Shiniuzhai National Geological Park on January 17, 2023 in Pingjiang County, Yueyang City, Hunan Province of China. (Photo by Yang Huafeng/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)





Worshippers wearing face masks rush to make their first offerings inside the Wong Tai Sin Temple, a moment before the Lunar New Year, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, China on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





A woman wears a bunny hat for the upcoming year of the Rabbit, as she an other travellers wait to board a high speed train on their way home for the Chinese Lunar New Year and Spring Festival at Beijing West Station on January 20, 2023 in Beijing, China. Millions of Chinese travellers are headed home for the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit on January 22, the first since China dropped its strict zero Covid policy late last year. Health officials are concerned that the holiday could cause new surges of COVID-19, especially in rural areas where medical care is often less adequate than in the larger cities where officials say the outbreaks have recently peaked. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)





People are seen by the banks of the Yangtze river in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A young boy lets off firecrackers to celebrate the Spring Festival at a community open space January 21, 2023 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.China will be marking the Spring Festival which begins with the Lunar New Year on January 22, ushering in the Year of the rabbit. (Photo by Getty Images)





A worker builds a snowman at a park after a lighty snow fall during the night in Beijing on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





People visit the Yu Garden on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit in Shanghai, China on January 22, 2023. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





People walk next to the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where the Covid-19 coronavirus was first detected, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province, on January 22, 2023. Residents in Wuhan are marking three years since a once-mysterious virus plunged them into a terrifying lockdown, with their city becoming the epicentre of the Covid-19 epidemic that became global. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A woman rests on a tour bus outside the Forbidden City in Beijing on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)





Chinese artists dressed in traditional costumes perform an ice frolic on a frozen lake at the Yuanmingyuan Garden during the second day of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, Monday, January 23, 2023. The Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China. Each year is named after one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac in a repeating cycle, with this year being the Year of the Rabbit. For the past three years, celebrations were muted in the shadow of the pandemic. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A woman wears a face mask and a rabbit headgear in freezing cold temperatures as she heads to a temple fair at the Yuanmingyuan Garden during the second day of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, Monday, January 23, 2023. The Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China. Each year is named after one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac in a repeating cycle, with this year being the Year of the Rabbit. For the past three years, celebrations were muted in the shadow of the pandemic. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





People sit in a restaurant during Spring Festival and Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Peter /Reuters)





Fireworks light up the night sky during the Spring Festival holiday on January 23, 2023 in Shantou, Guangdong Province of China. The Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, falls on January 22. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





An aerial view shows Tsing Yi Covid Isolation camp in Hong Kong on January 24, 2023. Seven Hong Kong quarantine facilities including Tsing Yi, built by the government providing more than 40,000 beds are currently unoccupied. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP Photo)





A woman stands in the Yuyuan Garden on the third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Shanghai, China, 24 January 2023. Over the years, Shanghai Yuyuan Garden has become a trendy place to visit during the Lunar New Year holiday season. Visitors can enjoy their time surrounded by thousands of lanterns inspired by classic Chinese mythology. The Chinese Lunar New Year, also called “Spring Festival”, fell on 22 January 2023, marking the beginning of the Year of the Water Rabbit. (Photo by Alex Plavevski/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Dancers perform in the street during the Yingge dance parade on January 24, 2023 in Puning,Guangdong Province of China. Due to the lively atmosphere and unique dance steps,Yingge Dance began to popular. After the liberation of the epidemic,a large number of citizens went to watch. (Photo by John Ricky/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





A folk artist performs with molten iron fireworks on the street during the Spring Festival holiday on January 24, 2023 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China. The Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, falls on January 22. (Photo by Hu Yuanjia/VCG via Getty Images)





People enjoy themselves at the Volga Manor in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, January 26, 2023. The Volga Manor, a Russian culture-themed park, turned into an ice and snow world during the Spring Festival, attracting lots of visitors. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Folk artists perform “iron flowers”, a folk art performance of throwing molten iron to create fireworks, in Daying County of Suining City, southwest China's Sichuan Province on January 26, 2023. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Visitors are illuminated by reflected sunlight as they walk through an upscale shopping center on the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday week in Beijing, Friday, January 27, 2023. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)