News World Chinese New Year celebrations in pictures 8:32am, Feb 19, 2015 Updated: 8:41pm, Feb 19 Chinese New Year celebrations in pictures Getty Ebony Bowden Journalist @ebonybowden Share Twitter Facebook Reddit Pinterest Email A Chinese man lights firecrackers for the Lunar New Year in Beijing. A man buys goat decorations from a shop in Beijing. 2015 is the New Year of the Goat. Lion dance performers make their way to the Philippine stock exchange in Manila. A woman poses with sheep at a display in a Hong Kong mall. A Chinese couple says goodbye before spending the holidays with their families. Policy first introduced into China in 1980, will soon end. Chinese children enjoy an underwater dragon dance at an aquarium in Beijing. Worshippers light incense and pray at Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong. Celebrations in Lasipalatsi Square in Helsinki, Finland. Dancers pose with lions during Spring Festival celebrations in Bangkok, Thailand. Cambodia's Chinese community performs a dragon dance in Phnom Penh.