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| 2005-02-09 03:13:53 SINA English |
Chinese worshippers offer incense and pray during the Chinese Lunar New Year Day at the Baiyun Temple in Beijing, February 9, 2005. (Photo/Reuters)
Thousands of Hong Kong residents and their extended families burn incense to pay homage to their ancestors and the gods of wealth, fortune and health to celebarte the Lunar New Year at Hong Kong's Wong Tai Sin Temple, Feb. 9, 2005. (Photo/AP)
Visitors pray with joss sticks on the Chinese Lunar New Year day at the popular Hsintien Temple, Feb. 9, 2005, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo/AP)
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The Year of the Rooster began Wednesday kicking off a week-long Spring Festival holiday, the most important in the Chinese calender.
As a tradition, many Chinese went to temples on the first day of the Lunar New Year to pray for good luck and prosperity.
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