Gund Kwok Asian Women’s Lion and Dragon Dance Troupe performs a Chinese lion dance during the Lunar New Year Celebration at the Sharf Visitor Center in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service
Visitors line up in front of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts to attend the Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. The museum offered a free admission day to celebrate the Year of the Rooster with Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese traditions, activities and demonstrations throughout the day. Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service
Yuri Lee, 8, of Chelsea, Mass., creates a guardian door hanger during the Lunar New Year Celebration at Gallery 271 in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Lee’s family heard about this event through the museum’s membership newsletter. Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service
Bryce Gunawardena, 6, of Framingham, Mass., colors a guardian door hanger during the Lunar New Year Celebration in Gallery 271 in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. According to the museum, “door guardians are placed on the fronts of doors on New Year’s Day to keep bad spirits away.” Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service
Amy Gao (center) and Bridget Yang (right) participate in saebae, a traditional Korean bowing and greeting ceremony, during the Lunar New Year Celebration in Gallery 250 in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service
Ryleigh Kim, 4, folds colored paper to make a bok jumoni, a traditional Korean purse during the Lunar New Year Celebration at the Sharf Visitor Center in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service
23-month-old John Batcheller rides on Peter Batcheller’s shoulders, as he watches a Chinese Lion Dance during the Lunar New Year Celebration at Sharf Visitor Center in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service
