Bostonians celebrated Lunar New Year on Sunday during a traditional procession full of lion dancing, fireworks and offerings for good luck and prosperity during the year ahead.

This year marks the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac.

The procession began at 10 in Phillips Square and wound through the streets of Chinatown.

The Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China and some other East Asian nations and is celebrated outside the region, too.

A young lion dancer’s face is visible through the open mouth of a lion costume during Lunar New Year celebrations in Boston’s Chinatown. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Dancers perform in the streets of Boston’s Chinatown during Sunday’s Lunar New Year celebration. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)
Lion dancers inspect offerings of oranges and cabbage placed outside a Chinatown storefront. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)