 After the modern parades began in 1953, the first new "Gum Lung" was imported in 1957 from Hong Kong, billed as one city block or long.It was replaced in 1961 by a dragon, whose head weighed .Another "Gum Lung" arrived in 1969, measuring long; that year, a smaller dragon was imported by Macy's and the parade featured two dragons for the first time.