The tiger, a traditional auspicious symbol in Chinese culture, represents courage, power, and dignity — fitting qualities to invoke for Lunar New Year. Along with the many lion dance companies performing on the streets of Chinatown, Jia’s lantern joined the festivities on New Year’s Day, Feb 1 on Mott Street, and on Super Saturday, Feb 12.. By Marnie Kunz For a beautiful NYC run, Manhattan’s Chinatown is lit. As part of Light Up Chinatown, 250 lanterns now illuminate Mott Street, in the heart of Chinatown. The project to bring permanent traditional Chinese lanterns to one of NYC’s most culturally rich neighborhoods was created as a way to support local Chinatown businesses in the wake of coronavirus shutdowns and rising.
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The “Light Up Chinatown” project in 2021 permanently installed hundreds of lanterns and lights in Chinatown, Manhattan. This is just a sneak peek of a post I’m working on showing the beauty and creativity of the wonderful paper lanterns. Stay tuned, and you’ll learn about their significance in Chinese culture…and see some fun photos, too!. From there, they received an $8,000 grant from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and then raised more than $48,000 through grants, donations and the $150 lantern adoptions (each of the 250 lanterns represents a donation of $45 or more to the Light Up Chinatown project).
