Asia Album: People celebrate upcoming Spring Festival

People stand in front of an illuminated giant panda decoration in celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)

JAKARTA/MANILA/SIEM REAP/YANGON, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- People celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year with beautiful light shows and traditional dances in Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Myanmar.

Dancers perform during the unveilling of the "Year of the Wood Snake" postage stamps and envelopes in Manila, the Philippines, January 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

Folk artists perform lion dance in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, in Siem Reap province, Cambodia on Jan. 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Sao Khuth)

Dancers perform to celebrate the upcoming Spring Festival in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan. 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe)