 More than just dumplings and dragons fill the streets of Boston's Chinatown as both young and old celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year Chinese New Year is both an entertaining and culturally significant day meant to be spent with family and friends As the Chinese I think it's great. It's a good atmosphere and it's a good time for my children to see what it's all about in Chinese New Year Traditionally known as the spring festival all over the world people celebrate this ancient holiday to honor the Chinese population Their ancestors good fortune happiness and longevity The streets are loud featuring music Firecrackers and of course the traditional lion and dragon dances that signify good luck in the year to come These lines are all here to bless each business at each business They receive an orange and a cabbage and these are symbols of prosperity and luck for the new year And it's just wonderful that despite the cold and despite the snow here We all are helping bring in the new year together Even those that previously didn't know anything about the New Year celebrations enjoy the street entertainment Have you ever been to the Chinese New Year parade before? No, I've never been. What do you think about it? I think it's a really interesting cultural experience Do you know anything about the holiday before you came here, or are you just enjoying the I'm just enjoying the scenery. Yeah, the energy is high here on Sunday morning in Boston's Chinatown several hundred people here gather today to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year and although the holiday took place on February 19th I learned it's completely normal to continue celebrating the event afterwards because in China the Celebrations for the holiday carry on for more than two weeks for BU news at noon. I'm Cal McLaughlin