Around 3,000 tri-state residents attended the third annual Chinese New Year event in downtown Port Jervis, New York, on Jan. 22.
The celebration started at noon with a lion dance on Jersey Avenue, followed by a Chinese-style buffet and live performances at Erie Trackside Manor.
“We had a wonderful turnout. It was just crowded, with people shoulder to shoulder,” Port Jervis Tourism Board Chairwoman Laura Meyer told The Epoch Times. “I wish we had a room ten times larger.”
A Chinese New Year poster at the entrance of the Erie Trackside Manor in Port Jervis, N.Y., on Jan. 22, 2023. (Cara Ding/The Epoch Times)
Jin Pang, a Tourism Board member and organizer of the event, chose the word “jing,” which means pure and clean in Chinese, to represent the spirit of the Year of the Rabbit….