lion dancers

A lion dance performer balances on a pole on Grand Street

Local business owners pose for photographs with two Chinese lions

Lion dance performers outside a restaurant on the Lower East Side

A small boy looks at a performer in a lion costume

Heads of Chinese lion costumes rest on a sidewalk on the Lower East Side

A crowd on the Lower East Side watches a lion dance at a local restaurant

A woman waves from a float during the Chinese New Year parade

Lion dancer in a black lion costume

Two Chinese lions dance outside a tea shop

Lion dancers in costumes walk on East Broadway during the Chinese New Year parade

Pair of Chinese lions in the New Year parade

Members of the Choy Lay Fut lion dance team prepare to march in New York’s AAPI Parade