Chinatown, Lunar New Year

Chinatown ushers in Lunar New Year with annual firecracker celebration
New York City celebrated Lunar New Year with its annual Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival in Chinatown, marking the Year of the Snake.
Lunar New Year kicks off with Firecracker Festival in New York City's Chinatown
As millions of people around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, a cultural kick off -- in the form of the Firecracker Festival -- packed the streets of Chinatown on Wednesday.
New York's Chinatown marks first day of Lunar New Year
New Yorkers rang in the Lunar New Year at Chinatown's annual firecracker ceremony on Wednesday (). Spectators celebrated the Year of the Snake with a celebratory lion dance and the snap, crackle and pop of firecrackers.
San Francisco Chinatown prepares to celebrate Lunar New Year of the snake
Chinatown merchants and the community prepare to celebrate the most important holiday of the Chinese culture: Lunar New Year. It's a holiday about family, food and good fortune.
SF city leaders kick off Lunar New year celebrations with a bang in Chinatown
This year’s Lunar New Year kicked off with a bang in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Wednesday as 10,000 firecrackers were set off on Kearny Street. Hundreds of spectators
San Francisco Chinatown prepares for year of the snake
San Francisco - Preparations were underway on Tuesday in San Francisco Chinatown to celebrate the year of the snake. The sound of fireworks was continuous. This holiday is the most important in Chinese culture. The celebration centers around family, food and good fortune.
Lunar New Year festivities kick off in San Francisco's Chinatown
The annual flower market street fair kicked off in San Francisco's Chinatown on Saturday. About 100 vendors, along with residents and tourists gathered along Grant Avenue to celebrate ringing in the Lunar New Year.
San Francisco may be seeing a political shift and it could be starting in Chinatown
Huge crowds have come out to Chinatown for Lunar New Year as new political faces take office. She made the look her own with some Jenny Humphrey-coded additions. President Donald Trump seems to have finally found a country that won’t rebuff his plan to send it hordes of undocumented immigrants who don’t hail from that nation.
San Francisco kickstarts Lunar New Year with 15-foot cat statues
San Francisco’s Chinese New Year festivities kickstarted on Saturday with the Flower Market Festival. Nestled in the center of Chinatown, covering multiple city blocks, the market was adorned with art installations,
Father-son filmmakers preserve SF Chinatown's forgotten history
With the countdown on for the iconic Chinese New Year Parade celebration, ABC7 is spotlighting a father-son duo whose work ...
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First look at Chinatown’s new 16-story jail
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Chinatown’s Hottest New Bar Is a Love Letter to New Orleans
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Chinatown restaurant known for dumplings celebrates opening in new location
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Philippines: Filipinos go to Chinatown in Manila on the eve of the Lunar New Year
Hundreds of Filipinos attended the Chinatown in Manila this Tuesday on the eve of the Lunar New Year, which is celebrated on ...
Famed 116-year-old SF Chinatown restaurant serves its last meal, but there's hope for reopening
Sam Wo, a 116-year-old Chinatown institution famous for its rice rolls, served its final customers Sunday evening before the ...
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Chinatown icon is key to birthright citizenship
Experts say that clarity about what it legally means to be a citizen is largely thanks to Wong, who to this day remains a ...