Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, doesn’t officially start this year until January 26, but it looks like some places are already getting festive. Yesterday, the Chinese embassy in Lima put on a Spring Festival reception for some 400 people, including Chinese businessmen and Peruvian government officials. Lots of lion dancing, suits and shmoozing, it appears.

I land in Lima on January 25th and am excited to see how Latin America’s largest population of Chinese celebrates its most important holiday. Watch this space for a first-hand account of all the fireworks, lanterns and dumplings from Barrio Chino de Lima when the time comes.

Images: Xinhua