Around the world people are celebrating the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar.
Chinese New Year – based on the ancient lunar calendar – will this weekend see millions of people join the celebrations with fireworks, gifts and colorful decorations.
The international celebration will be celebrated in countries across the globe including Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines, Spain, Vietnam, Australia and London.
Celebrations vary depending on where they are held, but this year the lucky colors are gold, brown and yellow which are associated with 2017’s animal – the rooster.
A fire breather blows flames as a troupe performs a traditional dragon dance during the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year in Yangon's Chinatown district on January 28, 2017. (YE AUNG THU/AFP/Getty Images)
Performers take part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A performer at the Great Wall Iron Sparks show turns a mechanism to spin molten iron and create sparks in Yanqing county on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. An ancient craft that can be traced back several hundred years, the company is trying to revive the practice of throwing the molten iron and using the Lunar New Year period to showcase their latest choreography. Chinese character reads
Thais bring offerings and pray for good fortune to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year at Kuan Yim Shrine in Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand on January 28, 2017. (Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
People from the Chinese community celebrate the Lunar New Year, the year of the Rooster, in Madrid, Spain Saturday Jan. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul White)
An artist performs during the Lunar parade through the center of Rome to mark Chinese new year, in Rome, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Revellers perform a dragon dance among smoke caused by firecrackers during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Manila's Chinatown, Philippines January 28, 2017. (REUTERS/Ezra Acayan)
Performers take part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A woman walk in front of a Buddhist statue during the Lunar New Year celebrations at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in Chinatown, Bangkok , Thailand on January 28, 2017. (Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A performer takes part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Performers take part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Chinese worshippers light incense as they pray at the Dacheng Temple on Jan 28, 2017 in Qiqihar, China. (Tao Zhang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Performers show a dragon dance in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Performers turn a wheel spinning molten iron to create sparks at the Great Wall Iron Sparks show in Yanqing county on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. An ancient craft that can be traced back several hundred years, the company is trying to revive the practice of throwing the molten iron and using the Lunar New Year period to showcase their latest choreography. Chinese character in center reads
Performers take part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Performers with dragon puppets dance in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A fire-eater performs on the street during Chinese New Year celebrations, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Chinatown area of Manila, Philippines. Chinese around the world are celebrating this year's Year of the Rooster according to the Chinese zodiac calendar. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
People from the Chinese community celebrate the Lunar New Year, the year of the Rooster, in Madrid, Spain Saturday Jan. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Dragon and lion dancers perform amidst exploding firecrackers in front of a business establishment in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Chinatown area of Manila, Philippines. This year is the Year of the Rooster on the Chinese lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Performers take part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Performers take part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Performers take part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Children get ready for a parade during the Chinese community celebrations of the Lunar New Year, the year of the Rooster, in Madrid, Spain Saturday Jan. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Performers dance in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Indian ethnic Chinese boys wait to perform a lion dance on the first day of Chinese lunar new year in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Chinese around the world are celebrating this year's Year of the Rooster according to the Chinese zodiac calendar. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Offerings are set on a prayer altar before the portrait of a deceased relative inside a restaurant on the first day of Chinese lunar new year in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Chinese around the world are celebrating this year's Year of the Rooster according to the Chinese zodiac calendar. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Dragon dancers prepare to perform in front of a business establishment in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Chinatown area of Manila, Philippines. This year is the Year of the Rooster on the Chinese lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Dragon and lion dancers perform amidst exploding firecrackers in front of a business establishment in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Chinatown area of Manila, Philippines. This year is the Year of the Rooster on the Chinese lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Dragon and lion dancers perform amidst exploding firecrackers in front of a business establishment in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Chinatown area of Manila, Philippines. This year is the Year of the Rooster on the Chinese lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Chinese lion dancers draw attention from onlookers as they celebrate a Chinese Lunar New Year parading through Chinatown in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. This year marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese zodiac. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
An ethnic Chinese man prays during celebrations of the Lunar New Year at the Dharma Bakti Temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Ethnic Chinese in the world's most populous Muslim country are celebrating the Year of the Rooster. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
An ethnic Chinese man lights incense sticks during celebrations of the Lunar New Year at the Dharma Bakti Temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Ethnic Chinese in the world's most populous Muslim country are celebrating the Year of the Rooster. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Local Chinese artists perform a dragon dance during celebrations to mark Lunar New Year at Chinatown Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Yangon, Myanmar. Saturday marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Local Chinese artists perform a dragon dance during celebrations to mark Lunar New Year at Chinatown Saturday, Jan.28, 2017, in Yangon, Myanmar. Saturday marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)
Temple visitors give red packets to the lion dance troupe during the lion dance performance on the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. The celebration marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. (AP Photo/Lim Huey Teng)
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