The Lunar New Year in 2022 was celebrated across the world on February 1, 2022, marking the beginning of the Year of the Tiger. The Lunar New Year celebration traditionally involves firecrackers, lanterns, dragon dances, and heavy use of the colour red, and these sights could be seen all over Chinatown in Los Angeles, California, where Asian Americans celebrated the beginning of the New Year. Asian Americans have been facing racism and violence since the beginning of the pandemic and hopes are high that anti-Asian hate will see a decline this year.