{"id":188463,"date":"2026-02-22T06:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/188463\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T06:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:17:15","slug":"more-than-100000-watched-the-annual-golden-dragon-parade-in-chinatown-san-gabriel-valley-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/188463\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 100,000 watched the Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown \u2013 San Gabriel Valley Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles presented its 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade on Saturday in Chinatown. The event celebrated the Lunar New Year. The event included marching bands, representatives from local businesses, cultural groups, entertainers, floats, Miss Chinatown and her court, and government officials.<\/p>\n

The theme of the parade was \u201cUnity in the Community.\u201d Among those seen at the parade were Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, the President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Chester Chong and Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman \u2014 who was named honorary grand marshal.<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of people performed during the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Mayor Karen Bass attends the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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A boy does wushu during the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The Los Angeles Police Department poses in front of the entrance to Chinatown, Los Angeles during the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Chester Chong (center) poses with Los Angeles Chinatown Royalty during the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Thousands of people attended the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of people performed during the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles Chinatown Royalty wave out the window of a firetruck during the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of people performed during the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Thousands of people attended the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman was named honorary grand marshal of the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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A Los Angeles police officer does a wheelstand during the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Spectators view the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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A young girl celebrates the Year of the Fire Horse during the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of people performed during the 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown, Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Photo by Jacob Lewis, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The chamber estimated that more than 100,000 spectators crowded the streets to celebrate the Year of the Horse. The Year of the Horse represents a period of intense energy, rapid change, and bold and independent movement.<\/p>\n

It symbolizes a time to act with conviction, embrace freedom and pursue ambitious goals, while also requiring caution against recklessness and impatience.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the annual parade was the dragon dance, a colorful and symbolic dragon figure manipulated on poles with coordinated dance, dexterity and strength by a skilled dance team. The dragon is said to scare away bad spirits and bring good luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles presented its 127th Annual Golden Dragon Parade on Saturday in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49,100,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-188463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-la","9":"tag-la-headlines","10":"tag-la-news","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","13":"tag-los-angeles-news","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}