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Performers hold up a lion costume during Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown on Sunday. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Gallery: Lunar New Year 2024 Celebrations in Chinatown

Andrew Burke-Stevenson February 21, 2024
A Lunar New Year parade marched through Boston’s Chinatown on Sunday, featuring traditional lion dances, drum performances and decorations to bring in the Year of the Dragon.
Students practice calligraphy at the Lunar New Year Culture Fair co-hosted by the Chinese Program and Global House at Myles Standish Hall on Friday. CORINNE DAVIDSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU communities ring in Year of Dragon with Lunar New Year celebrations

Sara Sugita February 18, 2024
BU celebrated the Year of the Dragon with the Chinese Student Association's Lunar New Year Gala, the Taiwanese Overseas Student Association's potluck, and the Chinese Program's Culture Fair.
Lunar New Year Parade 2023

GALLERY: Lunar New Year parade at Chinatown

Daily Free Press Staff February 3, 2023
Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit, the Lunar New Year parade started at Phillips Square, where lion dancers performed throughout Chinatown Jan. 29. 
Lunar New Year Parade Gallery

GALLERY: Lunar New Year Lion Dance Parade through Chinatown

Taylor Coester February 28, 2022

Lion dancers performed throughout Chinatown starting in Phillips Square during the Chinatown Lion Dance Parade Feb. 13. The event was in celebration of the Year of the Tiger.

Lunar New Year decorations in Chinatown

Boston Winter Express spices up the weekends with cold weather joy

Yoko Zhu February 11, 2022
The Boston Winter Express will begin with a Lunar New Year celebration on Feb. 13 at Chinatown.
Lunar New Year

Celebrating my first Lunar New Year without family

Melina Nguyen February 7, 2022
I hope I can shovel out a new meaning for Lunar New Year as I grow up.
Lunar New Year celebration Feb. 2, 2020. Lunar New Year 2021 began Friday, with celebrations across Boston taking place virtually. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

Virtual celebrations usher in the Year of the Ox

Taylor Brokesh February 17, 2021
Chinatown was unusually quiet this Lunar New Year, as the typical festivals and parade were replaced by virtual, pandemic-friendly alternatives.
Marchers gather in Chinatown to celebrate Lunar New Year festivities and resist Trump administration's deportation policy. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Hundreds march to State House, protests Trump’s immigration policy

Sarah Wu January 30, 2017

Flurries of snow briefly dusted the windy Boston streets as protesters chanted various phrases including, “Donald Trump, you racist clown. Build a wall, we’ll tear it down!” while marching in protest...

After watching a demonstration of traditional bowing and greeting, a group of young girls try on traditional Korean dresses at the free Lunar New Year Celebration at the Museum of Fine Arts Saturday afternoon. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Culture shines through at MFA’s Lunar New Year celebration

Samantha Bastress February 11, 2016

The normally quiet rotunda of the Museum of Fine Arts reverberated with hundreds of voices Saturday as guests welcomed in the Lunar New Year. The celebration was held throughout the museum, involving...

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