China celebrates the Spring Festival (14 images)

A Chinese girl visits a Spring Festival Temple Fair in Beijing February 8, 2011. Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is China's biggest holiday, giving migrant workers their only chance of returning to their home provinces with gifts and money for the family. It represents the world's biggest annual mass migration of humans. UPI/Stephen Shaver

Chinese women visit a Spring Festival Temple Fair in Beijing February 8, 2011. Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is China's biggest holiday, giving migrant workers their only chance of returning to their home provinces with gifts and money for the family. It represents the world's biggest annual mass migration of humans. UPI/Stephen Shaver

Chinese musicians and dancers perform a lion dance under red lantern decorations during the opening ceremony of the Spring Festival Temple Fair at the Temple of Earth in Beijing February 2, 2011. Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is China's biggest holiday, giving migrant workers their only chance of returning to their home provinces with gifts and money for the family. It represents the world's biggest annual mass migration of humans. UPI/Stephen Shaver

Chinese actors take part a performance adapted from an ancient ceremony of Qing Dynasty emperors praying for a good harvest and fortune during the opening ceremony of the Spring Festival Temple Fair at the Temple of Earth in Beijing February 2, 2011. Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is China's biggest holiday, giving migrant workers their only chance of returning to their home provinces with gifts and money for the family. It represents the world's biggest annual mass migration of humans. UPI/Stephen Shaver