Chinese people visit a lantern show celebrating for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year during a lantern fair at the City God Temple, Feb. 4, 2013 in Shanghai.

Decorative red lanterns hang from a tree at Ditan Park to greet the Lunar New Year, Feb. 7, 2013 in Beijing.

A diver dressed as an underwater God of Fortune at Underwater World Singapore displays a greeting sign to usher the upcoming Lunar new year on Sentosa's Island resort, Feb. 5, 2013.

A vendor sells Chinese lanterns at a market in Shanghai, Feb. 6, 2013 ahead of the Lunar New Year. Preparations continue for the Lunar New Year which will celebrate the Year of the Snake on February 10.

A dragon dance team train, Feb. 6, 2013 with dragons in a Paris gymnasium for the parade ahead of the traditional Chinese New Year festivities. China will celebrate on Feb. 13, 2013, the Year of the Snake, one of the dozen animals that represent each year the Chinese cosmic cycle.

Decorations line Ditan park to greet the New Year, Feb. 6, 2013 in Beijing.

An archway decorated with hanging red lanterns is seen at Ditan Park to greet the Lunar New Year, Feb. 7, 2013 in Beijing. (Photo by