 Sightseeing
in Chinatown
Chinatown is a must
see when you are touring in New York City. Thousands of tourists visit
Chinatown each day. It is the largest Chinatown in the United States,
the center of politics, economics, and culture of the Chinese communities
in New York City. It is famous for its restaurants, jewelry shops, food
markets, temples, and crowded streets, including Canal, Mott, Pell and
Doyers streets whose busy sidewalks are crowed by vendors.
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Museum
of Chinese in the Americas (70 Mulberry Street at Bayard Street 2nd.
floor),
where you can explore Chinese immigrating history and culture through
historic images, papers, oral stores and artifacts. For more
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Chatham Square sees two
important statuses: the statue of Lin Zexu, a historic hero who is
remembered for his heroic role in the19th-Century anti-opium war in
China, and the Kim Lau Memorial Arch, erected in 1962, in memory
of the Chinese Americans who died in the Second World War. This is the
place where Chinese New Year parade goes by every year. |
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Confucius Plaza,
crossing the Chatham Square and built in 1978, is the tallest building
in Chinatown, It habits mostly Chinese. |
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Mahayana Buddhist
temple is the largest in New York Chinatown. It is on the corner
of Canal Street and Bowery Street. Inside is sitting the golden
Buddha. |
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