Umhlahlandlela Wabavakashele kuVancouver Chinatown

Izikhangibavakashi & Imisebenzi e Vancouver, BC's Historic Chinatown

I-Vancouver, BC's Chinatown ayiyona nje iChinaatown enkulu eCanada, ingenye yezinkulu kunabo bonke abasentshonalanga yezwe! Yesibili kuphela eSan Francisco ngobukhulu bomhlaba futhi inabantu abayisithathu-ngobukhulu (ngemva kweSan Francisco naseNew York.)

I-Chinatown yaseVancouver yaqala ngasekupheleni kwawo-1800 futhi ingenye yezindawo zokuhlala nezokuhweba zokuqala zomuzi. Amaphayona aseShayina kanye nabafuduki badlala indima ebalulekile emlandweni weVancouver; isibonelo, kusukela ngo-1881 kuya ku-1885, izisebenzi ezingu-10 000 zaseShayina zathola isivumelwano sokwakha iCanada Pacific Railway, isitimela se-transcontinental esingaxhuma iVancouver - neBrithani Columbia - kulo lonke elaseCanada.

I-Chinatown yanamuhla iyisizinda sokuhweba esithuthumayo kanye nesikhungo esibalulekile semlando, isifungo kuwo wonke umlando wamaChina-amaCanada eVancouver naseVancouver ngokwawo.

Omunye wezivakashi eziphezulu ezingu-10 eVancouver, iVancouver Chinatown igcwele izinto ezikhangayo, izikhumbuzo, izitolo, ukudla kanye nokuphila ebusuku; kulula ukubona imicabango yabantu esuka kubantu obakhathalelayo. Futhi yebo, kuphephile ! (Uma unenkinga yokuhamba, noma ungathanda umhlahlandlela wokuvakasha, eziningi zezokuvakasha ezihamba phambili zeVancouver zihlanganisa uhambo olwedlula i-Chinatown.)