New York City residents celebrated the Lunar New Year with a traditional firecracker ceremony on Wednesday, January 29.Footage filmed and posted to X by NYC Parks shows a crowd watching firecrackers go off in Chinatown’s Sara D Roosevelt Park on Wednesday afternoon.“These loud noises and bright lights are meant to chase away negative energy and usher in prosperity for the year ahead,” read the post.Other Lunar New Year celebrations are set to take place throughout Manhattan in February. Credit: NYC Parks via Storyful