epa11134040 People buy assorted dried food items ahead of the Chinese Lunar new year celebration in Taipei, Taiwan, 07 February 2024. The Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival , falls on 10 February in 2024, marking the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO

epa11134033 People shopping past Chinese ornaments decorations ahead of the Chinese Lunar new year celebration in Taipei, Taiwan, 07 February 2024. The Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival , falls on 10 February in 2024, marking the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO

epa11134016 People buy various spring couplets ahead of the Chinese Lunar new year celebration in Taipei, Taiwan, 07 February 2024. The Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival , falls on 10 February in 2024, marking the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. The spring couplets contain auspicious and rhyming poetic words for the new year, usually...

epa11133168 A woman walks past Chinese New Year decorations on a street in Shanghai, China, 07 February 2024. The Chinese Lunar New Year, also called 'Spring Festival', will fall on 10 February 2024, marking the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. EPA/ALEX PLAVEVSKI

epa11133169 A woman walks past a statue of a dragon on the street installed as a decoration for the upcoming Chinese New Year, in Shanghai, China, 07 February 2024. The Chinese Lunar New Year, also called 'Spring Festival', will fall on 10 February 2024, marking the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. EPA/ALEX PLAVEVSKI