A Chinese man, dressed as the legendary Monkey God of Chinese folklore adjusts his mask and prepares before a show at Seacon Square in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, February 3, 2016. The event was part of celebrations for the Chinese New Year which falls on Feb. 8 this year to mark the year of the monkey. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)
Lion dancers make their way through a narrow street in Manila's Chinatown district on the eve of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations Sunday, February 7, 2016, in Manila's Chinatown district in the Philippines. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)
Children improvise with a plastic crate, a biscuit tin and cloth to perform a lion dance on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Manila's Chinatown, the Philippines February 7, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)
Boys follow lion dancers with an improvised costume on the eve of the Chinese New Year in Manila's Chinatown, Philippines February 7, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)
Lion dancers carry their costumes on the Eve of the Chinese New Year celebrations in Manila's Chinatown, Philippines February 7, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)
Boys follow lion dancers with an improvised costume on the eve of the Chinese New Year in Manila's Chinatown, Philippines February 7, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)
Filipino-Chinese residents burn paper money on the eve of the Chinese New Year celebration in Manila's Chinatown, Philippines February 7, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)
Boys use an improvised costume and a drum as they perform a lion dance on the eve of the Chinese New Year in Manila's Chinatown, Philippines February 7, 2016. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)
A child plays beneath lanterns at a temple decorated to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Olivia Harris/Reuters)
People photograph lanterns at a temple decorated to celebrate Chinese New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Olivia Harris/Reuters)
A woman poses for a picture taken by her friend (not in picture) in a temple decorated to celebrate Chinese New Year at Samut Prakan province outside Bangkok February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)
A man prays in a temple decorated to celebrate Chinese New Year at Samut Prakan province outside Bangkok February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)
A woman poses for a picture in a temple decorated to celebrate Chinese New Year at Samut Prakan province outside Bangkok, Thailand February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)
People rush to plant the first joss stick of the Lunar New Year of the Monkey at the stroke of midnight at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore February 8, 2016. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)
People wait to plant the first joss stick of the Lunar New Year of the Monkey at the stroke of midnight at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore February 7, 2016. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)
People rush to plant the first joss stick of the Lunar New Year of the Monkey at the stroke of midnight at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore February 8, 2016. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)
People light their joss sticks as they wait to plant their first joss sticks of the Lunar New Year of the Monkey at the stroke of midnight at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore February 7, 2016. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)
People crowd around the urn as they wait to plant the first joss stick of the Lunar New Year of the Monkey at the stroke of midnight at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple in Singapore February 7, 2016. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)
People pray in a temple decorated to celebrate Chinese New Year at Samut Prakan province outside Bangkok, Thailand February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)
A woman prays in a temple decorated to celebrate Chinese New Year at Samut Prakan province outside Bangkok, Thailand February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)
A man watches firecrackers and fireworks during celebrations for the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year of Monkey in Beijing early February 8, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
People make sure that all firecrackers and fireworks have exploded during celebrations for the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year of Monkey in Beijing just before midnight February 7, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
A girl and a woman sit inside the car as firecrackers and fireworks explode celebrating the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year of Monkey in Beijing just before midnight February 7, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
Women celebrate the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year of Monkey with firecrackers in Beijing early February 8, 2016. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
Dragon dancers perform for business establishments on the eve of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations Sunday, February 7, 2016, in Manila's Chinatown district in the Philippines. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)
Lion dancers make their way through a narrow street in Manila's Chinatown to perform at business establishments on the eve of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, Sunday, February 7, 2016, in Manila's Chinatown district in the Philippines. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)
A Malaysian ethnic Chinese woman takes a souvenir photograph of illuminated traditional Chinese lanterns on the eve of Lunar New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Joshua Paul/AP Photo)
A woman(C) dressed up in “Monkey King” costume makes incense offerings and pray at Wong Tai Sin Temple on the first day of Lunar New Year Holiday on February 8, 2016 in Hong Kong. Tens of thousands of worshippers flocked to temples across to pray for good luck and fortune for the Year of Monkey. The Chinese Lunar New Year also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
A boy wears a monkey backpack as lion dancers make their way through a narrow street to perform at business establishments on the eve of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, Sunday, February 7, 2016, in Manila's Chinatown district in the Philippines. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)
Malaysian ethnic Chinese women take a selfie under illuminated traditional Chinese lanterns on the eve of Lunar New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Joshua Paul/AP Photo)
Devotees, pictured under a rows of lanterns, hold up joss sticks while waiting outside the Kwang Im Tho temple in Singapore, 07 February 2016. The country's majority Chinese population will celebrate the Lunar New Year on 08 February, ushering in the year of the Fire Monkey, according to the Chinese Zodiac calendar. (Photo by Wallace Woon/EPA)
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