Visitors receive handwritings of "Fu", a Chinese character meaning fortune and luck, during an event of giving away "Fu" to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year at Times Square in New York, Feb 5, 2019. New York City's Times Square became a sea of red on Tuesday as a series of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations took place here to mark the first day of the Year of the Pig. [Photo/Xinhua]

NEW YORK - New York City's Times Square became a sea of red on Tuesday as a series of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations took place here to mark the first day of the Year of the Pig.

An array of calligraphers from both China and the United States gave away their handwritings of "Fu," a Chinese character meaning fortune and luck, and red scarfs printed with the same character to hundreds of visitors at the "Crossroad of the World" to extend Lunar New Year greetings.