Taoists wearing face masks stand as masked worshippers wait to burn their first joss sticks at the Wong Tai Sin Temple, Saturday, January 21, 2023, in Hong Kong, to celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. (Photo by Bertha Wang/AP Photo)





A woman uses her hand to smooth out decorations for the upcoming Lunar New Year that she put up on a wall at a tourist shopping street in Beijing, Saturday, January 21, 2023. The Year of the Rabbit officially begins on Sunday. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Worshippers wearing face masks burn their first joss sticks as they pray at the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong, Saturday, January 21, 2023, to celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. (Photo by Bertha Wang/AP Photo)





People walk through a decorated food court that is part of a Spring Festival light installation ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year in Qinglonghu Park in Beijing, China on January 21, 2023. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





A girl rolls an inflatable tube across the snow at an ice carnival at a public park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Sunday, January 22, 2023. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A taoist Priest attends Wong Tai Sin Temple to welcome in the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit in Hong Kong late on January 21, 2023, as people flocked to temples to pray for good luck and fortune for the new year. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)





A woman poses for a selfie on a bridge decorated with lanterns at a public park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Sunday, January 22, 2023. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Children wearing face masks are pulled on an inner tube across the snow at an ice carnival at a public park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Sunday, January 22, 2023. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





People look at rabbit figurines during Chinese New Year in Ditan Park, Beijing, China, 22 January 2023. The Chinese lunar new year, also called “Spring Festival”, falls on 22 January 2023, marking the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit. (Photo by Mark R. Cristino/EPA/EFE)





Mainland Chinese tourists take photos outside the Lisboa Casino in Macau, China, 22 January 2023. Macau borders reopened earlier this month and the city has launched a promotional campaign to boost tourism, offering Hong Kong residents a 'half-price' round-trip if travellers spend a night there during the Chinese Lunar New Year period. The Chinese lunar new year, also called “Spring Festival”, falls on 22 January 2023, marking the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit. (Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA/EFE)





A 238m-long dragon dance is performed in front of the A-Ma Temple during celebrations on the first day of the Chinese lunar new year in Macau on January 22, 2023. (Photo by Eduardo Leal/AFP Photo)





People wear masks as they pray for the Spring Festival at the Guiyuan temple on January 22, 2023 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. China is marking the Spring Festival which begins with the Lunar New Year on January 22, ushering in the Year of the rabbit. (Photo by Getty Images)





A woman holds incense sticks as people perform prayers for good fortune at Yonghegong, or the Lama Temple, for the Chinese Lunar New Year on January 22, 2023 in Beijing, China. The prayers were the first Lunar New Year prayers without restrictions since the pandemic began in 2020, after the Chinese government changed its strict zero Covid policy last month. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)





A visitor wearing a face mask poses for a photo in front of a New Year-themed display at a public park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Sunday, January 22, 2023. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A woman using an iPhone with prosperity wording takes a picture at a pedestrian shopping street at Qianmen on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday in Beijing, Sunday, January 22, 2023. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A visitor burns incense as she prays on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday at the Lama Temple in Beijing, Sunday, January 22, 2023. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Visitors light incense as they pray on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday at the Lama Temple in Beijing, Sunday, January 22, 2023. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A visitor burns incense as she prays on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday at the Lama Temple in Beijing, Sunday, January 22, 2023. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





Visitors wearing face masks tour at Qianmen pedestrian shopping street on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday in Beijing, Sunday, January 22, 2023. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Women wearing face masks watch a toddler pose for a souvenir photo with a rabbit shaped floral decoration at a pedestrian shopping street at Qianmen on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday in Beijing, Sunday, January 22, 2023. People across China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with large family gatherings and crowds visiting temples after the government lifted its strict “zero-COVID” policy, marking the biggest festive celebration since the pandemic began three years ago. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)