Chicago heralds the Lunar New Year, marking the beginning of the Year of the Snake.
People cheer as a lion dance is performed in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Rich Township High School marching band members perform in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
James Ward Elementary School students wait in their lion dance costumes before marching in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)People dance as they march in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Members of the Chicago Guangzhou Association perform the dragon dance in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
A person poses for a photo with a costumed figure at the end of the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)People from St. Therese Chinese Catholic School perform a dragon dance in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)A lion dance is performed at the conclusion of the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
A member of Illinois Shaolin Kung Fu performs as he marches in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)A person marches in a lion dance costume in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Chicago Guangzhou Association members prepare a large dragon puppet before the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
People perform a dragon dance in the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown, Feb. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Amina Akai, 3, draws a snake at the Bezazian Library during Uptown’s Argyle Lunar New Year celebration on Feb. 8, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Jisoo Rutkowski, 2, shakes an egg imitating a rattlesnake with her mom, Jimin Lee, at the Bezazian Library during Uptown’s Argyle Lunar New Year celebration in Chicago on Feb. 8, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)
Students from Haines Elementary School in Chinatown perform lion dances during a Lunar New Year celebration on Jan. 27, 2025 at Chicago City Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Mayor Brandon Johnson and other elected officials watch as students from Haines Elementary School in Chinatown perform lion dances during a Lunar New Year celebration to start the Year of the Snake, Jan. 27, 2025, at City Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)A dragon moves through the crowd as Chicago’s Chinatown community kicks off the Lunar New Year celebration at Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue on Jan. 25, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)
A dragon moves through the crowd as Chicago’s Chinatown community kicks off the Lunar New Year celebration at the corner of Cermak and Wentworth on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Lunar New Year 2025 marks the beginning of the Year of the Snake. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)Confetti is shot into the air by dignitaries, including Johnny Zheng, center, as Chicago’s Chinatown community kicks off the Lunar New Year celebration at the corner of Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue on Jan. 25, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)Miguel Angel Escobedo, 3, of Bolingbrook, reaches to touch the head of a dancing dragon as Chicago’s Chinatown community kicks off the Lunar New Year celebration at the corner of Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue on Jan. 25, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)
A dragon crosses Cermak Road as Chicago’s Chinatown community kicks off the Lunar New Year celebration on Jan. 25, 2025, marking the Year of the Snake. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)People take pictures of a dragon moving through the crowd as Chicago’s Chinatown community kicks off the Lunar New Year celebration at the corner of Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue on Jan. 25, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)Ald. Nicole Lee, 11th, joins in as Chicago’s Chinatown community kicks off the Lunar New Year celebration at the corner of Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue on Jan. 25, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)
A dragon moves through the crowd as Chicago’s Chinatown community kicks off the Lunar New Year celebration at the corner of Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue on Jan. 25, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)
