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 BEIJING (AP) - Asians burned incense in temples thick with clouds of eye-stinging smoke and gathered for feasts of chicken, hot pots and dumplings Sunday as they celebrated the first day of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Pig.
Across China, revelers brought in the New Year late Saturday and early Sunday with the boom of firecrackers and fireworks — an ancient New Year tradition meant to drive away bad luck and scare off evil spirits. Streets were littered with tattered red paper and cardboard casings from spent fireworks.
At Beijing's Lama and White Cloud temples, faithful tossed coins at incense burners in the hope one would land in the pot and bring them good luck for the year ahead.
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