NYC Lunar New Yr 2026 Parade in Chinatown Yr of the Fireplace Horse celebration, route, methods to watch dwell

CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) — The twenty eighth annual Lunar New Yr Parade and Competition is underway in Chinatown celebrating the Yr of the Fireplace Horse, with streaming protection on ABC 7 New York.

WABC-TV is a proud sponsor of the NYC Lunar Yr Parade and Competition. Watch the parade dwell on abc7NY.com, our cellular and linked TV apps, and social media platforms on Sunday, March 1 beginning at 1:00 p.m.

The parade begins at 1:00 p.m. and marches by way of the principle streets of Chinatown, beginning at Mott St and Canal St, shifting to Chatham Sq., East Broadway, and ending close to Forsyth and Grand Streets.

The colourful celebration options floats, bands and performers representing completely different communities and cultures.

Competition cubicles might be arrange alongside Bayard Avenue between Mott Avenue and Mulberry Avenue beginning at 11:30 a.m.

The occasion, organized by Higher Chinatown USA, marks the fruits of celebrations that kicked off on February 17 with a firecracker pageant commemorating the primary day of the Yr of the Fireplace Horse.

The Lunar New Yr is a time-honored household vacation to welcome luck and an extended, wholesome life, and likewise make a number of noise to scare away a legendary sea monster that will deliver the alternative of that.

The horse is the seventh of the 12 Chinese language zodiac animals.

Yearly, every animal is related to one of many 5 parts: steel, water, wooden, fireplace and earth, with the intersection meant to find out the qualities of somebody born in that yr.

This yr is called the hearth horse as a result of it coincides with the hearth ingredient, which is anticipated to deliver “a cycle of heightened ardour, boldness, vitality, and braveness,” in keeping with the Asia Society.

Study extra about Lunar New Yr, the Yr of the Fireplace Horse, right here.

WABC-TV is a proud sponsor of the NYC Lunar Yr Parade and Competition. Watch the parade dwell on abc7NY.com, our cellular and linked TV apps, and social media platforms on Sunday, March 1 beginning at 1:00 p.m.

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