27 1 / 2012

Folk artists perform a fire dragon dance amid  molten iron at 1,300 degrees Celsius (2,372 degrees Fahrenheit) during a  Spring Festival Temple Fair celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year in  Beijing January 25, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, began  on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according  to the Chinese zodiac. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Folk artists perform a fire dragon dance amid molten iron at 1,300 degrees Celsius (2,372 degrees Fahrenheit) during a Spring Festival Temple Fair celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing January 25, 2012. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, began on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. REUTERS/Jason Lee