
AP - Sat Jan 28, 6:35 AM ET
A musician waits her turn to play as Chinese performers dressed in traditional lion costumes dance during the opening ceremony of the Temple of the Earth Park temple fair, as the nation brings in the New Lunar year during Spring Festival in Beijing, China Saturday Jan. 28, 2006. The Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month, often one month later than the Gregorian calendar. It originated in the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 BC. 1100 BC) and it is the most important festival for the Chinese people, when all family members gets together, just like Christmas in the West. (AP Photo /Elizabeth Dalziel)