PHOTO ESSAY/Temple visits, family meals, firecrackers usher in Year of the Dragon
02/10/2024 07:43 PM
Lunar New Year celebrations began in Taiwan Friday, when people gathered with their families for Lunar New Year's Eve dinner or visited temples to pray for blessings in the new Year of the Dragon.
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