World celebrates Chinese new year
{{date|January 29, 2006}}
[[Image:Victoria Harbour around Chinese New Year Night with Fireworks and Laser Show.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Hong Kong Island with Fireworks and Laser Show in 2004]]
[[Image:ChineseNewYearAucklandNewZealand.jpg|left|150px|thumb|New Zealand Chinese community celebrating their New Year in Auckland, New Zealand]]
Millions of people celebrated the arrival of the [[w:Chinese New Year|Chinese Year of the Dog]] throughout the world's time zones.

[[China|Chinese]] families spent New Year's Eve cleaning their houses to get rid of bad luck from the past year, before celebrating with [[w:reunion dinners|reunion dinners]].

Throughout China and the world's [[w:Chinatowns|Chinatowns]], [[w:Dragon|dragon]] dancers danced and [[w:fireworks|fireworks]] went off to mark the arrival of the new year. 

In the [[w:Chinese lunar calendar|Chinese lunar calendar]], the Chinese Year of the Dog ends on February 17, 2007, making it 385 days long, or 13 months. The last time a Chinese year was this long was in [[w:1944|1944]]. 

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|date=January 28, 2006}}

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Hong Kong Island with Fireworks and Laser Show in 2004
New Zealand Chinese community celebrating their New Year in Auckland, New Zealand
Millions of people celebrated the arrival of the Chinese Year of the Dog throughout the world's time zones.

Chinese families spent New Year's Eve cleaning their houses to get rid of bad luck from the past year, before celebrating with reunion dinners.

Throughout China and the world's Chinatowns, dragon dancers danced and fireworks went off to mark the arrival of the new year. 

In the Chinese lunar calendar, the Chinese Year of the Dog ends on February 17, 2007, making it 385 days long, or 13 months. The last time a Chinese year was this long was in 1944. 


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