Chinese New Year Celebrating  with the Firecracker Ceremony on February 5 at Sara Roosevelt Park and the Parade on February 17, NY Philharmonic Concert,  Fireworks On Hudson and Chinese New Year Cruise. Features rockets, firecrackers–600,000 rounds, lion dances, drumming and dancing. Year of the Pig

The Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade is February 17, 2019 from Noon to 4:30pm with parade kick-off at 1pm. Parade assembles on Mott and Hester and kicks off at 1:00 pm heading south towards Canal St. to Chatham Square, heads up to East Broadway towards the Manhattan Bridge, completing on Eldridge and Forsyth Streets towards Grand Street next to Sara D. Roosevelt Park.

February 17 – Noon to 6pm – Manhattan Chinatown Photography Ramble with NYC Wild – Tickets are $15.

The Firecracker Ceremony is February 5, 2019 from 11am to 3:30pm at Sarah Roosevelt Park at Garnd And Chrystie Street. FREE

February 6 at 7:30pm – New York Philharmonic Chinese New Year Concert  at Lincoln Center, Tickets are $35 to $110- Call 212-875-5755 for tickets.

Chinese New Year Fireworks- February 5 – Over the Hudson River, Pier 84, 12th and 44th Street.

Chinese New Year Cruise– February 5– Asian Buffet, unlimited wine and beer bar, fireworks.

According to Fengshui Import, here are the things to do and not to do during the Chinese New Year.

  • It is believed that there are some bad chi accumulated in the previous year. So it is necessary to do some house cleaning and get a hair cut before Chinese new year in order to welcome auspicious chi in for the coming year.
  • Cook some food for praying or party use. Cooking more food for Chinese New Year Eve stands for bringing more wealth and abundant. In most Chinese region, people make new year cake (Chinese Nian Gao) to represent better and better in coming year.
  • Pray to the heaven god, earth god and ancestors to thanks to them for safety in the previous year.
  • Decorate the house using New Year Decorating and something represents wealth, good health, etc good meaning, such as ingots, fish, money tree, coins, wu lou, etc.
  • Gather together eating the dinner at Chinese new year Eve. Chinese new year Eve is considered union day. This is also the time to make wishes each other. In addition, people can’t eat all the food. the remain of food is the symbol of abundant and wealth for coming year ( Nian Nian You Yu).
  • After finishing dinner, people are gather together waiting for the New Year coming. They usually don’t sleep that night. Young persons need to Shou Sui for their parents and wish their parents live longer (Shou Sui means Holding Age).
  • Old people put money inside the Chinese Red Envelopes and give them to the younger to hope the younger good luck in the coming year. Giving red envelope is called Li Shi.
  • From Chinese new year on, people usually visit their relatives’ house and send good wishes each other.
  • Chinese Lunar new year cerebration including dragon dancing, lion dancing, Parade and festival, etc cerebration.

Make sure not to do the following things on Chinese New Year 2019:

  • Don’t use water to clean the floor or dump trash. Water is the symbol of wealth. People don’t want the money to go away. Dumping trash is like Giving Away;
  • Don’t kill animals. It symbolize safety (no war);
  • Don’t break porcelain bowls or plates. Broken is the opposite of reunite; If people break something on Chinese New Year, that person needs to speak some auspicious words immediately;
  • Don’t use scissors or needles. Using scissors or needles is said it will bring bad chi;
  • Don’t speak inauspicious words.