Chinese New Year in Sydney - in pictures

Charles Tran and Crystal Vo from Fairfield buying decorations for the Chinese new year in Chinatown. In the year of the horse they wish to 'pass all our exams, hope our family and friends have good health in the new year and money!' Photograph: Ann Kucera/Guardian

Bianca Pannoci and Livia Pannoci from Frenchs Forest celebrating Chinese new year with dress-up costumes in the Chinese gardens, Haymarket. In the year of the horse they wish for their 'best friends to be in their class at school" Photograph: Anna Kucera/Guardian

Mrs Lee and Ms Wu pictured at Yiu Ming Hung Fook Tong temple, Alexandria. In the year of the horse Lee wishes for 'safety when you travel and good health' and Wu wishes for good health Photograph: Anna Kucera/Guardian

Chef Andy Lo at work at a Chinese restaurant during the lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown, Sydney. In the year of the horse he wishes for "zero-one-four"
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Jack See from Kogarah in Chinatown. In the year of the horse he wishes for 'nothing special except for good health' Photograph: Anna Kucera/Guardian

Anthony Sheather from Blacktown. In the year of the horse he wishes 'to do a lot of bicycle riding, help more with the fire service volunteering and I suffer from depression, so I hope to be happier' Photograph: Anna Kucera/Guardian

Ceha Sze Sze Ng and Lilzan Edy Ling Lin from Auburn at the Crossing Boundaries exhibition at Sydney town hall. The exhibition shows work from Asian-Australian artists in celebration of Chinese new year. In the year of the horse they wish to 'look prettier and younger' Photograph: Anna Kucera/Guardian

Mark Chen, an artist who creates dough figurines, which have a 150-year history in China and are made mostly from flour and honey. In the year of the horse he wishes to be 'richer and richer' Photograph: Anna Kucera/Guardian

Ly Ly pictured at Yiu Ming Hung Fook Tong temple, Alexandria. In the year of the horse Ly Ly wishes for 'prosperity for all people' Photograph: Anna Kucera/Guardian

The Xi'an family and friends celebrate a Chinese new year with a feast at the family home in Chatswood. In the year of the horse they wish to 'have a peaceful, happy, healthy and prosperous new year' Photograph: Anna Kucera/Guardian

Lion dancers Matt Woo and Ian Lim warm up before their performance in a Chinatown shopping centre. In the year of the horse they wish 'to get better in the competition [lion dancing] and to perform overseas' Photograph: Anna Kucera/Guardian

Piak Namcatun, 82, pictured busking in Chinatown. In the year of the horse Namcatun wishes 'North Korea will open up to the whole world and I can be with my whole family again as I am very lonely' Photograph: Anna Kucera/Guardian