San Francisco hosts Lunar New Year Parade

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The annual Chinese New Year Parade kicked off in San Francisco Saturday.

Many downtown streets in San Francisco were closed along the route for the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade.

RELATED: Gerrye Wong explains what the Lunar New Year is all about

The parade began at 5:15 pm at Second and Market Streets and preceded west on Market, and then west to Geary Street to Union Square.

It turned north on Powell Street, east on Post Street and north on Kearny Street to Columbus Avenue where the parade dispersed, according to organizers.

Did you attend the parade in SF? Share your photos and videos on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook by tagging them #abc7now and we may show them online or on TV!

Click here for more stories and videos about the Lunar New Year!