PHOTOS: Welcoming the Year of the Rabbit in Seattle

Hundreds gathered to welcome the Year of the Rabbit during the Lunar New Year celebration in Seattle's Chinatown–International District on Saturday.

“We get to really represent Chinatown in a way that we think it's best shown with its bustling culture and not only that but we get to do it with all the generations we have here,” said Han Eckelberg with Mak Fai dragon and lion dancers.

"It's a time to bring the culture to life, the lion dance to life," he said. "I think we all need that unity this year."