A tour guide wearing a pig hat sends new-year greetings to tourists at the Yangzhou Slender West Lake scenic area in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on February 1, 2019. #

Lion dancers with LED lights perform on the glass deck of the King Power MahaNakhon building, currently Thailand's tallest structure, at 1,030 feet (314 meters) tall, in Bangkok, Thailand, on February 4, 2019. #

An aerial view of villagers holding red lanterns and a pattern formed by Chinese knots reading "2019" to welcome the Chinese New Year at a scenic spot on January 29, 2019, in Fuzhou, Jiangxi province, China #

Chinese workers make traditional red lanterns at a local factory on January 24, 2019, in the village of Tuntou, Hebei province, China. Tuntou proclaims itself the lantern capital of China, as it produces millions of the symbolic red decorations associated with the country's biggest holiday of the year. #

A Chinese worker makes a giant traditional red lantern outside at a local factory on January 24, 2019, in the village of Tuntou. In Tuntou, most of the lantern production takes place at small, family-owned factories that supply markets across China, Asia, and abroad. #

Performers are silhouetted as they stand during a re-creation of a Qing-dynasty ceremony, in which emperors prayed for a good harvest and good fortune, at a temple fair at Ditan Park in Beijing on February 5, 2019. #

Roasted-pork-and-rice-flour buns depicting pigs are displayed in bamboo steamers as kitchen staff work at a dim-sum restaurant in Hong Kong on January 29, 2019, ahead of the Lunar New Year. #

A woman holds a flower-shaped candle as she offers prayers on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Tanzhe Temple in the Mentougou district of Beijing on February 5, 2019. #

Visitors enjoy a dip in a hot-pot–shaped hot-spring pool at a hotel in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on January 27, 2019. The hot spring was designed to promote a healthy lifestyle in the run-up to the Lunar New Year, or spring festival. #

Flames rise up from a pit into which visitors throw incense sticks while praying for good fortune to mark the start of the Lunar New Year at Longhua Temple in Shanghai late on February 4, 2019. #

Colored lanterns featuring a phoenix are illuminated on the water during a lantern show for the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Pig, on January 27, 2019, at a scenic area in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. #

A giant-panda cub falls to the ground next to breeders during an event to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year at Shenshuping Panda Base in Wolong, Sichuan province, China, on January 31, 2019. #

Visitors walk through a tunnel decorated with lanterns at a light show to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Xian, Shaanxi, China, on February 1, 2019. #

Three-month-old pigs run through an obstacle course at the Green Island Holiday Farm as part of an attraction marking the upcoming Lunar New Year in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, on January 27, 2019. #

Chinese worshippers hold incense as they pray for good fortune on the first day of the Lunar New Year at Yonghegong, or Lama Temple, on February 5, 2019, in Beijing. #

A lion dance is performed in the Chinatown district of Yokohama, Japan on February 5, 2019. Thousands of people gathered in the largest Chinese community in Japan to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. #

A woman lights incense while praying in a Chinese temple during celebrations for the Lunar New Year in the Chinatown district of Bangkok, Thailand, on February 4, 2019. #