Lion dances and drum and gong contests are grand events in the New Year celebrations, especially in the countryside.

尤其是在农村，狮舞、鼓锣比赛是庆祝新年的主要活动。

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We have come to the end of yet another year — just in time for another roundup of wallpapers for your New Year 2011 celebrations for your desktop!

又一年结束了——正好是时候推出新一辑2011年墙纸集，以庆祝新年的到来。

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Organizers say the Chinese New year celebrations began as a very small community event in Chinatown more than twenty years ago.

该活动组织者称，在20年前，中国新年只是中国城里面的小庆典。

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On New Year's Eve,some communities in the United States hold what are called First Night celebrations.

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"Happy new year" Snow failed to dampen the traditional celebrations in Shanghai,however.

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However, other analysts said that while the change in timing of the New Year celebrations did have an impact on the numbers, the overall trend was that of a recovery in the Chinese economy.

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Last April, a bomb attack at a concert in Dhaka during the Bengali New Year celebrations killed nine people.

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South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) said it is expecting call-outs to rise in the run-up to new year celebrations.

BBC: South's ambulances set for busy new year