China's Spring Festival

JISHAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 18: (CHINA OUT) Local villagers perform a stilt dance to celebrate the Spring Festival on February 18, 2013 in Jishan County, China. The Chinese Lunar New Year also known as the Spring Festival, which is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day. 2013 is the Year of the Snake according the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese Zodiac. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)