April 26, 2024 | Vol. 53, Issue 8

The only bilingual Chinese-English Newspaper in New England

CCBA Presents the 52nd Annual Chinatown August Moon Festival

Photos from the 52nd Annual August Moon Festival, August 14, 2022 at Phillips Square in Chinatown, sponsored by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England. Boston officials, including Mayor Michelle Wu and Police Superintendent James K. Chin, along with the New England Kung Fu Dance Association and the Boston Chinese Folk dance group, welcomed the coming fall season with a festival of joy and health. From all of us here at Sampan to all of you in Boston and beyond, best wishes for a joyful, healthy, propitious and safe autumn season. 

Photos by Sampan photographer Kevin Don

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