Tuesday marks the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Festive celebrations to ring in the Year of the Pig took place worldwide. Here’s a look at how people marked the occasion! /VCG Photo

Members of the Chinese community celebrated the Spring Festival in London’s Chinatown with dragon toys and red lanterns. /VCG Photo

Indonesians of Chinese descent burned incense for good fortune to mark the Lunar New Year at a Chinese temple in the capital Jakarta at midnight on Monday. /VCG Photo

Lion dance performances were held in Manila on the eve of the Lunar New Year. /VCG Photo

Chinese dragon artists performed outside a bank in Melbourne, Australia. /VCG Photo

Roasted pigs were on sale at a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia ahead of the Year of the Pig. /VCG Photo