San Francisco Chinatown - Discussion Group 01/19/2021
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Perhaps the most visited walking tour destination in the City, San Francisco Chinatown's history, demographics and other elements will likely be mentioned no matter what type of tour is being conducted.
Marvin Chiu who took us on a walking tour in Chinatown will be contributing special tips and insights in the dialog.
This session is intended for guides to share resources and interesting experiences that they have experienced in or about Chinatown.
Several questions or topics to explore are:
How did the Chinese experience at the "Ellis Island of the West" compare with the European experience in New York Harbor?
Were there really tunnels underneath the buildings in Chinatown?
What precipitated the creation of the Chinese hospital in Chinatown? Chinese Hospital Video
How much information on the Chinese Exclusion Act do you share on your tours?
What tips or dining recommendations do you make for your Chinatown tours.
What is the proper etiquette in visiting temples in Chinatown?
What advice do you give your guests if they want to see of buy unique items, food, herbs, acupuncture?
What buildings, stories would you like to hear more about?
Some books of interest:
From Canton to California, The Epic of Chinese Immigration, Corine K. Hoexter, Four Winds Press, 1976
Chinatown section, Historic Walks in San Francisco, Rand Richards, Heritage House 2001
The Chinese In San Francisco, A Pictorial History, Laverne Mau Dicker, Dover Publications
The Barbary Plague, The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco, Marilyn Chase, Random House 2004
Good Mang Kok! On Stockton is the most popular Dim Sum!
26:30 The cuisine is different everywhere in China, but it all has lots of MSG! 🤣
10:00 I think it is fair to say that no one who spoke has a grasp on what Angel Island represented or why it was there. You all need to read some history about the Exclusion Act and anti-Chinese agitation and expulsions of Chinese from over 200 towns and cities throughout the West during the 19th Century. Angel Island was "positive" the same way Gitmo is positive.
3:20 Completely erroneous. The answer is: if you were Asian (particularly Chinese), you went to Angel Island. Even if you had your papers in order, if you were Chinese you were subjected to humiliating medical exams, family separation and extensive interrogation. Maybe read Lee/Yung Angel Island or At America's Gates before commenting. Angel Island was designed to keep people OUT, Ellis Island was designed to facilitate the entry of Europeans. Even returning US citizens were subjected to detention on Angel Island and forced to prove their right to enter the US.
The best Chinese restaurants in San Francisco are not in Chinatown.