Tag Archives: Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year Parade 2022

Posted on February 21, 2022 by deborahshapiro

Chinatown, New York The Lunar New Year Parade marking the Year of the Tiger took place again after the suspension in 2021 due to the pandemic. A smaller and more subdued event this year, it was still welcomed as another … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022, holidays, Manhattan, New York, Parade | Tagged Chinatown, Christina Yuna Lee, drummer, lion dancers, Lunar New Year, Lunar New Year parade, Manhattan, memorial, Mural, New York, New York City, NYPD Marching Band, photography, Protesters, Senator Schumer, street art, street photography, Tiger, wall art, Year of the Tiger | Leave a comment

Five Months in New York City: February-June 2020

Posted on July 1, 2020 by deborahshapiro

Five months have passed with excruciating speed and pain in New York City. This post is a look back on the momentous period between February and June 2020 and an attempt to give visual expression to the relentless chronology of … Continue reading →

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New York Lunar New Year Parade 2020

Posted on February 9, 2020 by deborahshapiro

Posted in Manhattan, New York | Tagged Chinatown, Chinese culture, Lunar New Year | Leave a comment

Lunar New Year Parade, Chinatown, New York City

Posted on February 18, 2019 by deborahshapiro

Posted in Manhattan, New York | Tagged Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, parades, Year of the Pig | 1 Comment

Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown, New York

Posted on February 5, 2017 by deborahshapiro

Posted in Manhattan, New York | Tagged Chinatown, lion dancers, Lunar New Year, New York, parades | 1 Comment

The Year of the Ram/Sheep/Goat

Posted on February 22, 2015 by deborahshapiro

The Lunar New Year festivities in Chinatown, New York were celebrated with the traditional drums, lion dancers, and dragon dancers. This year in the Chinese zodiac is the year of the ram, or of the sheep, or of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Manhattan, New York | Tagged Chinatown, Chinese New Year, lion dancers, Lunar New Year, Year of the Goat, Year of the Ram, Year of the Sheep | Leave a comment

Lunar New Year, Chinatown

Posted on February 14, 2013 by deborahshapiro

Firecrackers and fireworks are illegal in New York City, but back when I took these pictures the Chinese people had an exemption for the Lunar New Year, I believe on religious grounds. The lion dances shown here made earplugs absolutely … Continue reading →

Posted in New York | Tagged Chinatown, firecrackers, lion dancers, Lunar New Year, New York, photography | 1 Comment