Wellington Mayor Andy Foster (1st L) and others pray for China as China battles coronavirus outbreak during a Chinese New Year celebration gathering in Wellington, New Zealand, Fed. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Jianyong)

 

People participate in the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at New Zealand's National Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, Feb. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Jianyong)

Chinese New Year celebrations were held on Saturday in Wellington, New Zealand, featuring lion dance, Chinese opera and traditional Chinese papercutting. During the celebrations, Wellington Mayor Andy Foster and others present prayed for China as China is battling coronavirus outbreak.

Peng Guanghui, a Chuanju artist from China's Chongqing Liangjiang Art Troupe, performs Sichuan Opera face-changing in Wellington, New Zealand, Feb. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Jianyong)

 

Tang Meilan (3rd R), an inheritor of China's Guilin intangible cultural heritage papercutting, gives papercutting works to Wellington Mayor Andy Foster (4th R) as gifts in Wellington, New Zealand, Feb. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Jianyong)