A dancer performs during the lighting ceremony for Chinese Spring Festival at the Empire State Building in Manhattan, New York, the United States, on February 1, 2019. The top of the landmark Empire State Building in Manhattan will shine in red, blue and yellow on the nights of next Monday and Tuesday to celebrate the Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb. 5 this year. (Photo: Xinhua)

Tokyo Tower will be lit up in red using 36 big spotlights to celebrate Chinese New Year for the first time on February 4. (Photo: IC)

Performers dressed in traditional lion and dragon costumes take part in the Chinese New Year parade in London. Hundreds of thousands of people in the United Kingdom will experience some of the biggest Chinese New Year celebrations outside Asia in early February, at an event that will feature dragon and lion dances, stage performances, parades, traditional Chinese food and a wide range of fun activities. (Photo: VCG)

Zhang Juntao (L), an inheritor of traditional lamp-making, demonstrates his handmade lamps to local people in Pretoria, South Africa, February 1, 2019. (Photo: Xinhua)

Photo taken on February 1 shows Sydney Harbour Bridge lights up for the upcoming Chinese New Year. (Photo: Xinhua)

People pose inside the "Spiral Pig" zodiac lantern by artist John Deng on February 1, 2019, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo: VCG)

Performers take part in a parade celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo: VCG)