Celebrating the Year of the Sheep

TOPSHOTS A boy stands on a model of a ram near a temple during celebrations to mark the first day of the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong on February 19, 2015. Fortune tellers in Hong Kong said that the Year of the Sheep should be calmer in general than the previous Year of the Horse, which was characterised by catastrophic international air accidents, brutal terror attacks, global political upheaval, a resurgent Ebola virus and war. AFP PHOTO / Philippe LopezPHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 538009855

Fruit offerings are placed before religious figures while Indonesian devotees pray at a Buddhist temple in Jakarta on February 19, 2015, as Indonesian-Chinese residents celebrate the Lunar New Year, which marks the beginning of the Year of the Sheep. Buddhists are a minority in the predominantly Islamic Indonesia but celebration of Chinese New Year is widely observed in big cities. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACADROMEO GACAD/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 538012122

Indonesians of Chinese descent attend a prayer during Chinese New Year celebrations at Dharma Sakti temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. Ethnic Chinese in the world's most populous Muslim country are celebrating the start of the year of the sheep. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) ORG XMIT: BKKS203

Dragon dancers get on an escalator after a performance inside a shopping mall Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. Chinese people are celebrating the arrival of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Sheep. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) ORG XMIT: SL103

epa04626981 Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (R) and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall (L) pose for pictures with performers marking Chinese New Year during their visit to Chinatown in London, Britain, 19 February 2015. The royal couple will tour Chinatown meeting members of the Chinese community. EPA/STRINGER UK AND IRELAND OUT

epa04626815 A woman prays at the Kanteibyo temple as part of Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown, Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, 19 February 2015. Around the world Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, which this year falls on 19 February, the first day of the Year of the Goat is being celebrated. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON ORG XMIT: YOK03

epa04626837 A lion dance is performed inside a restaurant as part of Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown, Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, 19 February 2015. Around the world Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, which this year falls on 19 February, the first day of the Year of the Goat is being celebrated. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON ORG XMIT: YOK08

epa04626508 Children watch as Malaysian divers perform a lion dance during the Chinese New Year celebrations at the Aquaria KLCC underwater park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 19 February 2015. Chinese around the world celebrate the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Goat on 19 February. EPA/AZHAR RAHIM

epa04626719 Performers wearing traditional Chinese New Year masks parade through the streets of Chinatown during celebrations for the Chinese Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, 19 February 2015. Chinese people around the world celebrate the Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, which this year falls on 19 February 2015, the first day of the Year of the Goat. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO

epa04626776 On Chinese Lunar New Year a British tourist bows in respect as she faces a long line of golden Buddha's at the Wat Po temple, one of the the most popular tourist temples in Bangkok, Thailand, 19 February 2015. Thailand is a popular tourist destination and the Thai tourist authority estimates more than 500,000 Chinese tourists will visit Thailand over the Chinese New Year month of February, also called Spring Festival, which this year falls on 19 February 2015, the first day of the Year of the Goat (and Sheep and Ram). EPA/RITCHIE B TONGO ORG XMIT: BAN01

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - FEBRUARY 19: Dragon and lion dance performers perform in the street during the celebration of the Chinese New Year in the Chinese district of Binondo on February 19, 2015 in Manila, Philippines. The Chinese New Year (the year of the sheep) has begun, known by locals as 'Spring Festival' or 'Lunar New Year'and is being celebrated annually by Chinese Filipinos who make up roughly 25 percent of the local population. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 537462553 ORIG FILE ID: 463832404

TANGERANG, INDONESIA - FEBRUARY 19: Indonesian Chinese prepare for pray during Chinese New Year celebrations at Bun San Bio Temple on February 19, 2015 in Tangerang, Indonesia. The Chinese Lunar New Year of the Sheep also known as the Spring Festival, is based on the Lunisolar Chinese calendar, and is celebrated from the first day of the first month of the lunar year and ends with a Lantern Festival on the Fifteenth day. Chinese New Year is the most important festival in the Chinese calendar and is widely celebrated across Asia (Photo by Oscar Siagian/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 538445131 ORIG FILE ID: 463840246

A performer looks out from the head of a lion dance costume during the opening of Ditan Temple Fair on the Lunar New Year's Eve in Beijing, China on Feb. 18, 2015. This year marks the Year of the Sheep.

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 18: A child poses for photos with a toy Sheep at the Temple of Earth park on February 18, 2015 in Beijing, China. The Chinese Lunar New Year of Sheep 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. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 538046451 ORIG FILE ID: 463738032

A child runs past a multi coloured sheep installation displayed in a shopping mall for the Chinese New Year celebrations in Hong Kong on February 18, 2015. The Chinese Lunar New Year of the Sheep begins on February 19. AFP PHOTO / Philippe LopezPHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 537957254

epa04624971 Goat dolls are on display at a gift shop for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at a market in Bangkok's Chinatown, Thailand, 18 February 2015. Chinese people around the world will celebrate the Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, which this year falls on 19 February 2015, the first day of the Year of the Goat. EPA/NARONG SANGNAK ORG XMIT: NAR06

epa04625493 A Chinese-Thai Dancer performs a traditional Chinese dance on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 February 2015. Chinese people around the world will celebrate the Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, which this year falls on 19 February 2015, the first day of the Year of the Goat. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO ORG XMIT: RIT208

Performers wearing lion dance costumes ride an escalator as they make their way to the Philippine stock exchange for Lunar New Year of the Sheep celebrations in Manila on February 18, 2015. The Lunar New Year, the most important holiday in China and a number of countries in east and southeast Asia, starts on February 19 bringing in the "Year of the Sheep". AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 537961236

epa04625086 An Indonesian worker holds a giant candle during the preparations for the Chinese New Year celebrations at a temple in China town in Jakarta, Indonesia, 18 February 2015. Chinese around the world will celebrate the Chinese New Year also called Spring Festival which this year falls on 19 February, the first day of the Year of the Goat. EPA/ADI WEDA ORG XMIT: WDA749

epa04625836 Devotees crowd around the urn preparing to place their joss sticks in the urn at the stroke of midnight at the Kwan Im Thong Temple in Singapore, 18 February 2015. The devotees believe that placing joss sticks in the urn at the temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year will bring them good fortune. Chinese communities around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, also called the Spring Festival, on 19 February, ushering in the Year of the Goat, according to the traditional twelve year zodiac cycle. EPA/WALLACE WOON

A devotee prays on the eve of the Chinese lunar new year at the Lungshan Temple in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. According to the Lunar calendar, Chinese will celebrate the Lunar New Year on Feb. 19 this year which marks the Year of the Sheep. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) ORG XMIT: TPE103

A Malaysian ethnic Chinese man burns spiral joss sticks to welcome the Chinese New Year at a temple in Ampang, in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur on February 18, 2015. The Chinese lunar new 'year of the sheep' begins on February 19. AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFANMOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 537975093

Ethnic Chinese people burn joss sticks to celebrate on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year at the Hea Tek Tunk Chinese Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) ORG XMIT: SL101

Chinese prepare to light up fireworks near a residential area during the Eve of Chinese New Year in Beijing Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. Chinese will celebrate the Lunar New Year on Feb. 19 which marks the Year of the Sheep. Setting off fireworks to celebrate Chinese New Year may be a centuries-old tradition, but the country's authorities are urging people to light fewer of them this week as cities fight a losing battle against relentless, toxic air pollution. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ORG XMIT: XAW107

A golden statue of a goat is displayed for the upcoming Lunar New Year in the Chinatown area of Bangkok on February 18, 2015. The Chinese Lunar New Year of the Sheep begins on February 19. AFP PHOTO / Nicolas ASFOURINICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 537972409