Crowds of people lined the streets to watch the parade in celebration of the Year of the Horse. A herd of colourful steeds joined giant dragons, martial arts performers. and floats from local Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese communities.
For the Chen family, the Lunar New Year wouldn't be complete without a traditional family feast-- including uncut noodles and sweet rice cakes for longevity and dumplings to represent wealth.
Jessie Yu says the food is best served when shared.
"I see Lunar New Year as an opportunity to have union with family and friends, and that's our tradition as well, we get together, and pass our best wishes to eachother for the coming year"
With family travelling from China to celebrate, Mrs Yu says she has been planning the meal for weeks and says the day is filled with mythology and meaning.
It's that culture and tradition that her daughter, Johanna Chen wants to share with the wider community and says it's important to get involved in public celebrations like the parade.
"I feel quite proud that I'm living in a country which embraces all these different cultures of these different countries."
The parade is made up of hundreds of locals, playing important roles to make the parade special. Sydney council estimates around 2700 performers took part.
Performer, Paul Cordeiro, says it is all part of the fun.
"It's pretty exciting, you know and a lot of people come to attend this so, it'll be great to be part of it," he says.
Festival director, Gill Minervini, says over the years the event has become cross-cultural.
"We have several visiting groups from China, we've got members from the Sydney Chinese community, the Korean community, the Vietnamese community."
"50% of our audience is from non asian backgrounds, and 50% from asian backgrounds, which is really great. I think that's a great picture about Australia, and it's not just about a niche Chinese event, or a niche Lunar New Year event, it's an event for everyone."
