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There will be a brand new dragon in this year’s Chinese New Year Parade finale, celebrating the Year of the Dragon. The parade’s organizer, the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce, has announced the roster of floats and entertainers who will participate, including a 289-foot golden dragon that debuted in public on Lunar New Year’s Day, Feb. 10, for a Taoist “awakening” ceremony. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco proudly presents this year’s Zodiac on Parade featuring the mythical Dragon. The public art project, which was introduced in 2021, will display five Wooden Dragon statues in and around San Francisco from Sunday, January 28 – Saturday, March 2, 2024. About us. Chinese New Year Parade. Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association and USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice award, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in North America and the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia. SF Chinese Chamber of Commerce will inaugurate a brand new “Gum Lung’ (Golden Dragon) for the 2024 Chinese New Year Parade. Come and witness the blessing of this magnificent mystical beast. Mingle and take photos with a myriad of Chinese deities. A limited number of “lai see’s” (red envelopes), toys, collapsible water bottles in the shape A dragon passes by at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. (Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED) Organizers of the parade say it’s considered one of the top ten parades in the world by the International Festivals & Events Association and the biggest Lunar New Year parade outside of Asia. A 289-foot long golden dragon winds its way through Chinatown for the finale of the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. With an A-list grand marshal—Awkwafina!—sold-out crowds and a brand new dragon, San Francisco is throwing everything in its arsenal at this year’s Chinese New Year Festival and Parade. The largest Lunar New Year parade outside of Asia, the celebration will snake its way through downtown and Chinatown Saturday evening in an event that San This Lunar New Year began on February 10th and heralds the Year of the Dragon. The fifth animal in the Chinese zodiac, the dragon symbolizes prosperity, luck, wisdom, and strength. Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with San Francisco’s dazzling Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday, Feb. 24, with comedian and actor Awkafina as the Grand Marshall and a new dragon arriving in the city from China. Harlan Wong — this year’s parade director — calls the Year of the Dragon the most “powerful sign” in the Chinese Zodiac. Angel Perez paints a golden dragon for the Chinese Lunar New Year Parade on Tuesday while inside a warehouse at Pier 54. San Francisco-based contractor the Parade Guys designed 18 of the 19 The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco is proud to bring back the public art project, Zodiac on Parade featuring the mythical Dragon, to its list of festivities this Lunar New Year. The public art project, which was introduced in 2021, will display five Wooden Dragon statues in and around San Francisco from Sunday, January 28 The Chinese New Year Parade has a long history in San Francisco. It’s been named one of the top ten parades in the world by the International Festivals & Events Association and is the biggest Lunar New Year parade outside of Asia. Over 100 units usually take part, with elaborate floats and costumes, firecrackers, and the newly crowned Miss The Golden Dragon, near the finish on Kearny, marks the climax of the New Year Parade in 2017. The two-week Chinese New Year Festival and Parade, sponsored by Southwest Airlines in recent years, includes two fairs, the Chinese New Year Flower Fair and Chinatown Community Street Fair, the Miss Chinatown USA pageant, and concludes with the parade Meet all the dragon statues just installed around San Francisco to celebrate the Lunar New Year’s Year of the Dragon, as these intricately designed, wooden dragon monuments now adorn SF parks Chinese New Year Festival & Parade. Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in North America and the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia. San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival & Parade www.chineseparade.com 4 Year of the Dragon on Parade Art Display and Charity Auction The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco proudly presents this year’s Zodiac on Parade featuring the mythical Dragon. This public art project was first February 10, 2024, marks the first day of the Year of the Wood Dragon. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco is proud to bring back the public art project, Zodiac on Parade featuring the mythical Dragon, to its list of festivities this Lunar New Year. The public art project, which was introduced in 2021, will display five Wooden Dragon statues in and around San Francisco from Sunday Chinese New Year Festival & Parade. Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in North America and the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia. San Francisco 49ers; Golden State Warriors; Year of the Dragon: Dining suggestions for SF Chinatown With the Chinese New Year Parade taking place on Saturday, this may be the perfect time Named one of the world's top ten parades, Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. Over 100 units will participate in the parade, many of the floats and specialty units will feature the theme of this year's Chinese zodiac sign. Nowhere in the world will you see a lunar new year parade with
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