Hundreds of millions of people across Asia began on Tuesday to mark the Lunar New Year with prayers, fireworks and festivities as China ushered in the Year of the Horse, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, succeeding the Year of the Snake.
The Lunar New Year, which coincides with the lunar calendar's first new moon, is a 15-day celebration that takes place annually between 21 January and 20 February, the most important annual holiday in China and some other East Asian nations.
