Hey, hey, it's the year of the Monkey!

It is the Lunar New Year, and across Asia it has been celebrated in style, with China leading the way as only China can, with spectacular fireworks to greet the year of the Monkey. Hong Kong also saw a roaring trade at the flower market as families got together for one of the year’s high points. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));Celebrations throughout ChinaPosted by euronews on Sunday, February 7, 2016 Myanmar has something special to celebrate, with this being the first new year celebrations since the return of democracy and the end of decades of army rule. “I hope for the best in this year as we have got great new leaders in our country. Our country will develop well with a new government and a democratic system,” said one elderly man. In Malaysia all things simian were flying off the shelves; monkey hats, masks and the like were popular. Anywhere in the world where the Chinese or Buddhists can be found, there was a party going on somewhere, with high hopes for 2016.