1. San Francisco Chinatown

San Francisco Chinatown is located at the intersection of Grant Avenue and Bush Street.

Chinatown in San Francisco is the first and largest Chinese settlement in the United States. As early as the 1850s, Chinese people of Chinese descent moved here, and now it has become a Chinese cultural center overseas.

2. New York Chinatown

There are Chinese signs everywhere here, reminding you that although you can also buy Chinese souvenirs from street vendors, this is the real China. community.

3. Chicago Chinatown

This community of more than 7,000 people was built in 1905 and has a history of more than 100 years. The transportation here is convenient and it only takes 25 minutes to get to the city.

4. Seattle Chinatown

Seattle’s Chinatown is an international community that integrates multiculturalism. Chinese laborers arrived here in the 1860s. Qingxi Park and Lu Changrong Museum regularly hold some special cultural activities.

5. Philadelphia Chinatown

As early as the early 19th century, merchants from Guangdong opened business at the Philadelphia docks. But it was not until the 1960s that this Chinese community gradually prospered and expanded. The area is small and the transportation is convenient.

6. Honolulu Chinatown

Honolulu’s Chinatown was formed in the 1960s and is a melting pot of Asian businessmen. Koreans, Thais, Filipinos and Japanese all live here.

7. Boston Chinatown

Boston’s Chinatown is located in the center of the city, just a few blocks away from Boston Common. The huge stone lion standing at the door has almost become the most distinctive landmark building here.

8. Los Angeles Chinatown

Los Angeles Chinatown is close to the city center and located next to Route 66, with developed transportation.

9. Houston Chinatown

The Chinatown here has no winding lanes or unique buildings. It looks more like an Asian ghetto.

10. Washington Chinatown

Chinese immigrants moved here in the 1930s, and later moved into the suburbs of Washington on a large scale. Compared with many other places in the world, Chinatown here is not large, there is no open-air market, and there are no bustling crowds.

Extended information:

In the United States, almost every large and medium-sized city has a Chinatown. Chinatown occupies a very important place in the entire history of Chinese immigration to the United States.

Chinatown is the turning point or entry point for many Chinese into the United States. But Chinatown does not represent the entire Chinese American community. For many newcomers, Chinatown is just a transition. In addition to Chinatowns, there are many Chinese communities in the United States, known as "satellite Chinatowns", where a large number of Chinese live.

San Francisco Chinatown is the largest Chinatown on the West Coast of the United States, with more than 100,000 Chinese Americans living there. The entrance to San Francisco's Chinatown is at the intersection of Grant Street and Bust Street. It is about 1 kilometer long and wide and has 16 street intersections. The gate is a Chinese-style archway with a green tile roof and four characters written by Sun Yat-sen, "The world is for the common good."

Everyone in Chinatown speaks Chinese, and Cantonese is the main language here. There is also Chinatown in Manhattan Island, New York, where land is extremely valuable. It is close to the city government, Wall Street and Broadway, the world center for performing arts. The superior geographical location gives Chinatown in New York a pivotal position.

Reference materials: Sohu.com--Top Ten Chinatowns in the United States

Chinatown-Baidu Encyclopedia