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The San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is an annual event in San Francisco, California, United States.Held for approximately two weeks following the first day of the Chinese New Year, it combines elements of the Chinese Lantern Festival with a typical American parade.
Since the first event organized by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in 1953, the San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade has always been a Chinese American celebration, with a mission to ...
The sounds, the sites, and the smiles can only mean one thing - San Francisco's massive annual Chinese New Year parade. GUNG HAY FAT CHOY! The sounds, the sites, and the smiles can only mean one ...
Parade participants. The San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is an annual event held in San Francisco. Held approximately two weeks after the first day of the Chinese New Year, it combines elements of the Chinese Lantern Festival with a typical American parade. First held in 1858, it is the oldest and largest event of its kind ...
Kung Fu Panda 4 movie voice actor Awkwafina greeted the crowd during the Lunar New Year, Lantern Festival Parade in San Francisco, California, on Feb. 24, 2024. Tayfun Coskun—Getty Images
In the 1950s, [100]: 71–73 during the Korean war, a number of Chinese-American leaders, led by W. K. Wong, [101] organized the San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade, [102] including art shows, street dances, martial arts, music, and a fashion show. The 1953 parade was led by Korean war veteran, Joe Wong, and featured the Miss ...
The first San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade is held in Chinatown, combining elements of the Chinese Lantern Festival with a typical American parade (contemporary parade dragon pictured) The William Hood House is built in Sonoma County, using bricks made on the property
Lunar New Year — which includes Chinese New Year, Seollal in Korea, Tet in Vietnam and more — begins on Jan. 29, kicking off more than two weeks of parties, customs and copious feasts.