Smiling elderly Chinese woman, dressed for the cold weather in crowd watching parade.
Ethnic pride and tradition in the Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration in New York Chinatown,The Year of the Rat Lion Dancing. Two-weekend celebration in the pan-Asian community.
It is the year of the Rat, the Rat is the first sign of the zodiac, as Rat people are creative problem solver, imaginative, hyperactive worker respected for its resourcefulness; intuitive with ability in acquiring and holding on to things it values.