Celebrate Chinese New Year

Around the beginning of February each year, New York City comes alive with vivid colors, festive events, traditional dancing, and street performers, all ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Lunar New Year (or Chinese New Year) is here to lift us up with new beginnings, beautiful art and delicious food.

Asia celebrates the Lunar New Year, a time when people pay respect to their ancestors, household and heavenly deities. Think of lion dances, fireworks, and lots of delicious dim food. The Chinese New Year Parade and Firecracker Ceremony are held in Manhattan's Chinatown. The parade route goes along Mott and Canal Streets, East Broadway in the direction of the Manhattan Bridge, and then Forsythe and Eldridge Streets in the direction of Grand Street. You can find a place to enjoy some top-notch Chinese cuisine because there are many Chinese restaurants in this area, which is one of the most concentrations in the city.