San Francisco's Chinatown is the largest place in the western United States that can be compared with New York's Chinatown. It is formed at the intersection of Grant Avenue and California Street, where about 8, overseas Chinese live. Everything written and heard here is in Chinese, and everything you see is very traditional in China, just like a little China. Chinatown has all the goods from China, from groceries to precious jewels, as well as traditional dining and architectural clothes, so visitors can enjoy the colorful China culture as much as possible. Good places to go in Chinatown are, for example, The Tin Hou Temple, the Fortune Cookie factory in San Francisco, and the Portsmouth Square. Portsmouth Square, which started in 1839 as a public gathering place in the town of Buena in Yerba, has now become a gathering place for Chinese. People practicing Tai Ji Chuan can be seen in the morning, and people playing cards and mahjong can be seen at night. The most striking place in Chinatown is the Chinatown Gateway located on Grant Avenue. It was designed by Clayton Lee and built in 197. Its materials were donated by Taiwan Province and Chinatown Cultural Development Committee. In addition, many traditional shops, restaurants and old houses can be seen in Chinatown Hutong between Grant Avenue and Stockton Street. Chinatown is still lively until around 1 pm, which is safer than other areas. Besides, you can walk a distance north from here and reach Broadway, which is the best nightlife area in San Francisco.

There are about 1, overseas Chinese living here, and there are colorful China cultures everywhere. Everything they write and listen to is in Chinese, and everything they see is very traditional in China. Chinatown has all the goods from China, from daily groceries to precious jewels, and also maintains traditional restaurants and buildings, such as the Tianhou Ancient Temple. This is a different place, but it is a small China.

The entrance to Chinatown is at the southern end of Grant Street on Bush Street. The gate is covered with green tiles, and several vivid dragons are very China-like. Grant Street is the main street in the community, densely covered with shops and restaurants, and its gorgeous facade attracts tourists and citizens. China Cultural Center holds various exhibitions of Chinese Americans, and also arranges Chinatown history tour and Chinatown food tour. The Chinese Historical Society tells the history of Chinatown and the difficult years of Chinese in the United States, and various literature records also prove the contribution of Chinese community to the history of San Francisco. The most interesting block in Chinatown is waverley Square. Many buildings here were donated by Chinese charitable organizations. Ross Lane is a typical narrow lane hidden deep in the block, and the fragrance of dessert wafts out from the lane from time to time. The Pacific Heritage Museum is also worth visiting.

nothing can make people understand the complexity of Chinatown better than the story of the telephone exchange in Chinatown. The switchboard belongs to Guangdong Bank. Built in 199, this building with the shape of the top of the pagoda town has a unique foreign language telephone exchange, which was closed when the impersonal automation world came in 1949. The China Cultural Center in Holiday Inn holds various exhibitions related to the ethnic heritage of Chinese Americans. It also arranges historical tours and food tours in Chinatown. If you want to know Chinatown thoroughly, you might as well come here.

If you have the heart, you might as well have a big competition in the Chinatown you have been to, and you may find it interesting.

The history of China people has always been based on sadness, with hardships as the pillar, creating a place to live and work, during which you can see, hear and eat the hard work.

At the end of the 19th century, China immigrants were transported to California to build the Pacific Railway and search for gold like "selling piglets", which made great contributions to the local economic construction. However, they were regarded as "second-class citizens" by the government at that time, together with Italian immigrants, blacks, poor whites and sailors, and they were required to live in certain areas to avoid "polluting" other places. They had to live in a small area centered on Grant Avenue. Later, new immigrants moved here. Up to now, it has become the "Chinatown" and the largest Chinese community outside Asia.

Chinatown * * * occupies 16 blocks and has 1, Chinese residents. The best way to visit it is to enter the "World for the Public" archway at the intersection of Duban Street and Bust Street, and first pass the historic St. Mary's Ancient Church.