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  2. Great Star Theater - Wikipedia

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    In 1959, the San Francisco Examiner wrote that the Great China Theater was the last active Chinese opera house in the United States. [8] Due to the decline in Chinese opera, the theater stayed afloat by showing movies, relegating operas to special occasions like the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. 1963, during the Foo Hsing Troup ...

  3. Chinese Culture Center - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco (or CCC) (simplified Chinese: 旧金山中华文化中心; traditional Chinese: 舊金山中華文化中心; pinyin: Jiùjīnshān Zhōnghuá Wénhuà Zhōngxīn; Jyutping: Gau 6 gam 1 saan 1 Zung 1 waa 4 Man 4 faa 3 Zung 1 sam 1) is a community-based, non-profit organization established in 1965 as the operations center of the Chinese Culture ...

  4. San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade

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    During the California Gold Rush, many Chinese immigrants came to San Francisco to work in gold mines and on railroads in search of wealth and a better life. The earliest recorded New Year's celebration was "a great feast" on February 1, 1851, [7] and the first dragon dance in San Francisco was held for the New Year in 1860. [8]

  5. San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History & Architecture

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    Philip P. Choy was born in San Francisco in 1926; his father was a paper son who emigrated to the United States using a resident's identity papers, and his mother was born in America, but returned to China in the wake of the 1906 earthquake. He served in the Army during World War II and attended college using the GI Bill, earning a degree in ...

  6. Chinese Historical Society of America - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese Historical Society of America (simplified Chinese: 美国华人 历史 学会; traditional Chinese: 美國華人歷史學會; pinyin: Měiguó Huárén Lìshǐ Xuéhuì; Jyutping: Mei 5 gwok 3 Waa 4 jan 4 Lik 6 si 2 Hok 6 wui 6; abbreviated CHSA) is the oldest and largest archive and history center documenting the Chinese American experience in the United States.

  7. Shirley Fong-Torres - Wikipedia

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    Wok Wiz Chinatown Tours continues today, led by her daughter, Tina Dong Pavao. Shirley published four books: "Wok Wiz Chinatown Tour Cookbook" [1988], "San Francisco Chinatown: A Walking Tour" [1991, China Books], “In The Chinese Kitchen With Shirley Fong-Torres” [1993, Pacific View Press], and "The Woman Who Ate Chinatown" [2008].

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