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This weekend marks the start of many pre-Lunar New Year Festivities in the city. The New Year begins on February 7 (more information here), and there will be the firecracker ceremony and cultural festival in Chatham Square on that day, plus the Lunar New Year Parade and Festival in Chinatown on February 10. There is also a Lunar New Year Parade in Flushing on February 9.

Yesterday, thousands were in Chinatown to ring in the Year 4705. The Year of the Pig is a very good year, according to the Chinese astrology, lots of prosperity and good luck.

While Chinatown's annual Chinese New Year Parade won't be until next weekend, there are still plenty of activities to celebrate the year 4705. If you're heading to Chinatown tomorrow (New Year's Day), be sure to head over to Chatham Square (the intersection of Bowery, Mott and East Broadway) for the New Year’s Day Firecracker Ceremony & Cultural Festival. For the first time since the city banned fireworks (and firecrackers), there will be firecrackers in Chinatown. A "controlled" display of 300,000 firecrackers will go off in Chatham Square between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. We can honestly say that you haven't experienced a Chinese New Year until your ears ring from firecrackers. Sunday's events don't stop with the firecrackers either. There will also be fireworks in Chinatown's Columbus Park (Mulberry and Baxter Street)at 7 p.m. The fireworks display will reportedly reach 10 stories high.

It's the Lunar New Year this weekend, the first day of 4705 being this Sunday. The Year of the Pig is a very good year - pigs are fat and round, which means a prosperous and benevolent year. Some even think it's a good year to have babies, too! Chinatown will be celebrating the Year of the Pig this weekend and for the next few weeks. There's the Flower Market at Columbus Park today and tomorrow, and on Sunday, there's a New Year’s Day Firecracker Ceremony & Cultural Festival. The big parade will be two Sunday away on February 25, so get ready.

Amy Chin, Program Consultant for the Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation

- Culture Festival: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. at intersection of Mott & Bayard Streets

There's plenty going on to celebrate the Lunar New year, but of course we're focused on the food. Explore Chinatown's site has a list of restaurants offering special feasts for the occasion, including Gothamist favorite Fuleen Seafood, and explains the different foods that are traditionally eaten as part of the celebration.

October 12 & 13: London's "Cocktail King" at Pegu Club

A bustling restaurant in Chinatown was the scene of a murder: A couple argued with Ming wang at Yung Sun Seafood Restaurants; the couple left, and, later, the male half of the couple returned to shoot wang 4-8 times in the head and body. The shooter fled on foot and is still at large. The restaurant knew Wang and the couple, and the Daily News says that Wang and the shooter were "business rivals"; Wang and his wife were in the city to buy supplies for their new restaurant. Another interesting fact about the restaurant at 47 East Broadway is that it was allegedly once the headquarters of "Sister Ping," who is on trial for smuggling Chinese immigrants into the country.

April 23rd: Taste of Chinatown

It's Chinese (and many other kinds of) New Year, and Asians all over the world are partying like it's 4703. Gothamist urges you to do the same this Year of the Rooster - just head to Chinatown, eat a lot of food and you're pretty much covered. There will be a firecracker ceremony (to scare away the evil spirits) today at 2PM, and a parade this Sunday. On both days, you'll see lion dancers (more scaring of the spirits) and storeowners giving the lion dancers lucky money for scaring the spirits away. Think mystical mafia-like payments to keeping the establishment safe. More Chinese New Year in Chinatown details here at Explore Chinatown, plus where to get Lunar New Year goodies.