#AAPI #SFChinatown

Just watched the #ChineseNewYearParade on #KGO7.

It was the 1st time KGO covered the parade -- #KTVU2 always covered it in the past -- & IMO KGO did a poor job of it

The commentators were out of synch in describing the various parade participants, poorly interviewed rhe Miss Chinatown winner w/no mention of the other participants & totally blew the coverage of the finale -- barely showing anything of -- Gum Loong-- one of the longest & biggest dragons -- & shot the fireworks too close up.

Very disappointing.☹️

Glad I've seen so many other CNY parades in the past on TV & in person, so it really didn't matter to me but I feel for those who were seeing it for the 1st time on TV or online who were not given a better idea of what the parade is actually like. Oh well . . .🤷

#AAPI #SFChinatown #ChineseNewYear #ChineseNewYearParade

Awkwafina will be the Grand Marshall for this year's Chinese New Year (CNY) Parade in San Francisco to be held on Sat 02/24/2024.

Chinese New Year celebrations begin on on Sat 02/10/2024 and end on Sat 02/24/2024 this year.

https://sfstandard.com/2024/01/16/chinese-new-year-san-francisco-awkwafina-grand-marshal-parade/

Here's a schedule of events connected with CNY in SF this year:

https://secretsanfrancisco.com/chinese-lunar-new-year-sf/

PS: There are actually 2 ways to say Happy New Year in Cantonese:

1) The more common -- Goong Hay Faat Choy (which literally means "Wishing You Prosperity or Good Fortune) and

2) The less common -- Sun Neen Fai Lok (which actually means "Happy New Year."

If you want to prove you're "hip" to your local Chinese American friends, use the latter.

BTW, if you try to say Happy New Year in Mandarin to a local, you will not be understood and will just be viewed as a foreigner.

LOL! 😉