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China prepares to celebrate Year of the Red Fire Monkey (6 images)

The Chinese New Year in 2016 will begin Monday, February 8.



Chinese visit a shopping mall as it is decorated for the upcoming Chinese New Year and Spring Festival in Beijing on February 1, 2016. About a fourth of the planet's population will be on the move as China celebrates the Year of the Fire Monkey next week. Nearly 1.4 billion Chinese will begin the largest annual migration on Earth rushing home for China's most important holiday. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI
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Chinese visit the Temple of Earth, or Ditan Park, as it is decorated for the upcoming Chinese New Year and Spring Festival in Beijing on February 1, 2016. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI
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Chinese visit the Temple of Earth, or Ditan Park, as it is decorated for the upcoming Chinese New Year and Spring Festival in Beijing on February 1, 2016. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI
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Chinese visit the Temple of Earth, or Ditan Park, as it is decorated for the upcoming Chinese New Year and Spring Festival in Beijing on February 1, 2016. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI
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