Chicago’s Chinatown community kicks off the Lunar New Year celebration at the corner of Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue on Jan. 25, 2025. Lunar New Year 2025 marks the beginning of the Year of the Snake.
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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)
