Lantern Festival every year and involves performers maneuvering a dragon as people shoot off firecrackers near them. A strong continental cold air mass and abundant moisture bringing snow to mountains 3,

During the Year of the Dragon, the TAIEX rose 5,429.34 points, the highest ever, while the 30 percent increase in the year was the second-highest behind only a 30.84 percent gain in the Year of the Rat from Jan. 25, 2020, to Feb. 11, 2021, Taiwan Stock Exchange data showed.

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Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families on Wednesday, as they bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and usher in the Year of the Snake.

Firecrackers popped, incense were offered at temples and dancers paradaded to the beat of drums across Asia on Wednesday. Hundreds of millions gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year, saying goodbye to the Year of the Dragon and welcoming in the Year of the Snake.

The 2003 film “Goodbye, Dragon Inn” opened in a cinema in Taipei that was screening King Hu’s 1967 film “Dragon Inn.” It will be the last movie shown in the cinema and is a fitting choice, as Hu’s Wuxia film marked a significant milestone in Taiwanese and world cinema.