Performers participate in a lion dance at Ditan Park to mark the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 (AP)

Lion dancers perform as they celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, parading through China Town in Yokohama Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (AP)

Lion dancers perform as they celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, parading through China Town in Yokohama Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. People celebrate the Lunar New Year, which marks the Year of the Monkey on the Chinese zodiac. (AP)

Performers participate in a lion dance at Ditan Park to mark the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 (AP)

A lion dance performer looks out from the mouth of the lion head at Ditan Park to mark the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (AP)

Lion dancers perform as they celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, parading through China Town in Yokohama Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 (AP)

People prepare to light fireworks on a street in Beijing on February 7, 2016, the eve of the Lunar New Year.China marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Monkey, on February 8.( AFP)

Chinese dancers dressed in traditional costumes perform a cultural dance on stage during a temple fair for a Lunar New Year celebration in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 (AP)

A Chinese dancer dressed in traditional costume perform a cultural dance on stage during a temple fair for a Lunar New Year celebration in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 (AP )

Performers participate in a lion dance at Ditan Park to mark the first day of Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 (AP)

Lion dancers perform as they celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, parading through China Town in Yokohama Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (AP)

Performers dressed as a Qing Dynasty servants participate in the ancient Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good harvest and fortune at a temple fair in Ditan Park during the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 (AP)