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Friday, 31 January, 2003, 11:48 GMT
In pictures: China's New Year
China is gearing up for the Lunar New Year on 1 February, with hectic scenes of last-minute buying before cities virtually shut down. And millions of people are on the road, travelling home for the festive season.

A young girl enjoys a ride pulled by a goat at the Ditan (Temple of Earth) Park temple fair in Beijing
Millions of Chinese are preparing to usher in the Year of the Goat

A man shops for traditional Chinese new year ornaments in Beijing
Frantic shopping for traditional ornaments is taking place...

An elderly man is carried as people rush toward the train-ticket counter at Beijing station
...before the rush for the train home to families outside the capital

Drummers perform at the opening ceremony of the annual Temple of the Earth fair in Beijing
Temple fairs, once banned by the Communists, prepare to ring the New Year in across China

A worker prepares hundreds of traditional incense coils donated by Buddhist devotees to pray for good fortune in a Chinese temple in Kuala Lumpur
People across the region are praying for good fortune

A martial arts performer has bricks broken over his head in a show of strength at the annual Temple of the Earth fair in Beijing
This martial arts performer demonstrates his strength at a temple festival...

Doves feed from a young girl at a temple fair in Beijing
...but it may not be necessary - the coming lunar year will be ruled by the water goat, a double symbol of peace and calm
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