The Chinatown festival dates back to Chicago’s first Chinese immigrants, who settled first in the Loop and then moved farther south to the area around Cermak Road and Wentworth Avenue.

On Saturday, Chicago’s Chinatown kicked off its Chinese New Year festivities with plenty of color, creativity and cheer. Local community organizations, politicians and residents gathered at West ...

Theresa Mah celebrate with confetti during a Chinese New Year kickoff event in Chinatown to welcome the Year of the Snake on Saturday. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share On Saturday, Chicago’s ...

Racial discrimination and repressive legislation drove the Chinese from the gold mines to the sanctuary of the neighborhood that became known as Chinatown. The only ethnic group in the history of ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Crowds gathered along Wentworth Avenue near Cermak Road for the occasion of the Lunar New Year Parade in Chinatown on ... the sixth animal in the Chinese Zodiac, and symbolizes ...

This year also marks Chinatown's 113th anniversary. 2025 is the Year of the Snake, which is said to represent wisdom, healing, and rebirth.

The Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year ... Sunday’s parade, which was hosted by the Chicago Chinatown Community Foundation, began at 24th Street and Wentworth and ended at Wentworth ...