{"id":86213,"date":"2020-01-28T10:45:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=86213"},"modified":"2020-02-21T14:19:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:19:34","slug":"navy-piers-chinese-new-year-celebration-brings-a-taste-of-home-to-share-with-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/navy-piers-chinese-new-year-celebration-brings-a-taste-of-home-to-share-with-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy Pier&#8217;s Chinese New Year celebration brings a taste of &#8216;home&#8217; to share with Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Wanying Zhao<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Ushering in the Year of the Rat from the Chinese zodiac, Chicago celebrated Chinese New Year with a grand gala of Chinese culture at Navy Pier.<\/p>\n<p>Honoring one of the most important festivals in China, the Chinese community in Chicago enjoyed a taste of home while thousands of miles away and shared it with thousands of others. The Jan. 25 programming was presented by ComEd. Chinatown also hosted an annual parade and more celebrations\u00a0 across the area feted the holiday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Chicago&#039;s Chinese New Year celebration at Navy Pier\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/392774086?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">\n<p>Photo at top : Chicago&#8217;s Chinese New Year celebration incorporated music and dance performances, Kung fu show, arts, Chinese food and more. (Wanying Zhao\/MEDILL) Video produced by Wanying Zhao\/Medill; music\u00a0 by Xia yu by Guifrog<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Wanying Zhao Medill Reports Ushering in the Year of the Rat from the Chinese zodiac, Chicago celebrated Chinese New Year with a grand gala of Chinese culture at Navy Pier. 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