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Daytime scene on a lively and festive street in a fun City during the Lunar New Year Parade for the year of the (fire) horse, facing a parade celebrity dressed in the robes of Caishen, the God of Wealth; he is here to bless us all with wealth for the new year; but this guy is cool, though - he has the costume and beard dialed and throws in some black wraparound shades for fun; thousands have gathered for the occasion.
Daytime scene on a lively and festive street in a fun City during the Lunar New Year Parade for the year of the (fire) horse, facing a full-sized parade float, beautifully decorated with lavender and gold flowers and tassels; on the sides of the float are pleasant-looking signs which read "Falun Dafa Is Good" and "Thruthfulness Compassion Forbearance", which are lovely things to say and read; it gets you thinking "this is my life now"; atop the float, in front of an exquisite replica of a temple, stand several beautiful women smiling and waving to the thousands have gathered for the occasion; along the streets and behind the float are buildings for a pharmacy and the phone company.
Daytime scene on a lively and festive street in a fun City during the Lunar New Year Parade for the year of the (fire) horse, facing the parade where a large group of teenaged boys are dressed in ancient, traditional Chinese imperial/warrior armor (戰甲) and pulling massive, traditional Chinese bass drums on wagons while they are rhytmically beaten with heavy sticks; in the background, there are large buildings, featuring (among the many located here) a Peking Duck spot and the City landmark New World Mall, which has a solid food court downstairs (although there have been recent additions to the local competition); thousands have gathered for the occasion.
Daytime scene on a lively and festive street in a fun City during the Lunar New Year Parade for the year of the (fire) horse, facing the parade where several characters representing both Northern and Southern style lions performing a Lion Dance (also known as "Wu-shi"; the Northern-style lion (北狮), recognizable by its shaggy, fluffy yellow fur, rounder, more dog-like head, and its playful, acrobatic movements - like right now in our scene, leaping with both feet in the air; in the background are the same buildings from the previous photo, which include the landmark New World Mall and are covered in signage for all the businesses - in both English and Mandarin; it was difficult to move as our side of the street was more or less a crowd crush; thousands have gathered for the occasion.
New York photo of the day, Pt. 2.
Queens.
46°F (8° C), mostly cloudy.
#NYC #City #Parade #LionDance #LunarNewYear2026 #Flushing #FalunDafaIsGood #Caishen #新年快乐 #财神 #恭喜发财 #舞狮 #法轮大法好 🐴🙏🪷
Daytime scene on a street in a culturally diverse City during a Lunar New Year Parade, facing down the street of the main parade route; the celebration is for the Year of the Horse (technically the Fire Horse) and a group of local business people open the parade carrying a red banner stretching the entire width of the street, reading "2026 Lunar New Year Parade" and the same in Simplified Mandarin characters; thousands of people line the streets in attendance, joyfullu shouting "Xin Nian Kuai Le" - which translates to "Happy New Year" or, more accurately, "Prosperous New Year"; buildings, mostly commercial, line Main Street as the parade continues out to the horizon.
Daytime scene on a street in a culturally diverse City during a Lunar New Year Parade, facing the parade and one of its performers - a beautiful woman in a red dress, dancing so gracefully with a bright red parasol; she will make you fall in love; following along with the beautiful dancer are families of people from the same group - one pushing a cart with the speaker playing traditional Chinese music; onlookers crowd the sidewalk, packed-in tight.
Daytime scene on a street in a culturally diverse City during a Lunar New Year Parade, facing down the street of the main parade route; the celebration is for the Year of the Horse (technically the Fire Horse) and a local Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) group carrying a large blue and gold banner that reads "Welcome Spring" (迎春) — the large characters on the left and right sides; in the middle, it says "Falun Dafa" (法輪大法) with additional text reading "Sincerely recite 'Falun Dafa is good' to receive blessings" (真心得福祥), along with the character 福 (meaning "Fortune/Blessing") in the gold circle; the all-female group is dressed in intricately-detailed pink and rose-colored costumes, with the dancers behind the group leaders wearing tutu-like costumes resembling giant water lilies; it is a beautiful sight as they pass under a bridge at the beginning of the parade route.
Daytime scene on a street in a culturally diverse City during a Lunar New Year Parade, facing down the street of the main parade route; the celebration is for the Year of the Horse (technically the Fire Horse) and a group from the Global Tuidang Center carries a banner and a hundred-foot-long, yellow, paper dragon, which snakes across the street, gyrating to the sound of traditional drums; in the foreground, a big, yellow lion greets the onlookers who pet its nose for good luck; children stare in awe and delight; thousands of people line the streets in attendance, joyfullu shouting "Xin Nian Kuai Le" - which translates to "Happy New Year" or, more accurately, "Prosperous New Year."
New York photo of the day, Pt. 1.
Queens.
46°F (8° C), mostly cloudy.
#NYC #City #Parade #FalunGong #FalunDafaIsGood #LunarNewYear #Tuidang #Community #Lions #Dragons #AsianCulture #YearOfTheHorse #FireHorse #新年快乐 #恭喜发财 🙏❤️🔥🐴