Colorful Asia welcomes the Lunar New Year

People in Asian countries decorate the streets, hang lanterns and go shopping to prepare for the Lunar New Year.

Macau Special Administrative Region, China is more crowded and bustling when people flock to the streets to shop and join the New Year's atmosphere.(Photo: Xinhua)

Brilliant lanterns are hung in the roof of the temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.(Photo: Reuters)

Malaysian craftsmen are perfecting traditional lion masks and heads to prepare for the New Year's program in Subang.(Photo: AFP)

A little girl is walking under the brightly decorated road in Ditan Park, Beijing.(Photo: AP)

The stall sells bags of lucky red, bell and verse for the red color in Yiwu trade center, Zhejiang province, China.According to the Chinese concept, red symbolizes luck and goodness.(Photo: Xinhua)

The workers are hanging lanterns and decorative symbols in the capital of Beijing, China.In this country, the Lunar New Year is celebrated from the first day of January according to the lunar calendar and ends on the lantern festival on the 15th of the month.(Photo: Getty)

Huge lanterns, one of the decorative images to welcome the new year 2016, is located in Marina Bay, Singapore.The island nation has a large Chinese community, alongside Indians and Malays.(Photo: AFP)

The girl is trying on a dress in front of a shop selling red monkeys in the Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand.(Photo: Reuters)

Monkey statues sold in Chinatown in Manila, Philippines.(Photo: Reuters)

The image of two monkeys made of 15,000 pine cones and twigs attracted the attention of passersby in Hitachi coastal park in Hitachinaka city, Japan.(Photo: Getty)