Chinatown
Urban ethnic neighborhood
Chinatown is a neighborhood in a city with a concentrated Chinese population, typically featuring Chinese restaurants, shops, and cultural institutions.
Most major Western cities have a Chinatown: We walked through Chinatown looking for a place to eat dim sum.
The term occasionally extends to similar ethnic enclaves: Koreatown, Little Italy.
Inherited cultural legacy
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- communityCollective of connected people
- identityWho someone is
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
traditions · ancestry · customs · assimilation · multiculturalism · calligraphy · lanterns · symbols
Ceremonial public procession
- lanternsEnclosed portable light sources
- firecrackersSmall explosive novelties
- mooncakeOrnate autumn festival pastry
- mid-autumnCenter of fall
zodiac · celebration · festivities · auspicious · costumes · fireworks · offerings · drumming
Movable barriers at openings
- pagodaTiered Asian temple tower
- lanternsEnclosed portable light sources
- marketsTrade gathering places
- vendorsThose who sell goods
storefronts · awnings · pedestrian · alleyways · tourists · bustle · architecture · ornamental
Boiled dough strands
- wontonStuffed Chinese pasta pocket
- dumplingsFilled dough parcels
- hotpotShared simmering broth meal
- baoziChinese filled steamed bread
congee · tea · chopsticks · tofu · bakery · banquet · restaurant · steamtable
Inherited cultural legacy
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- legacyWhat's passed down
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
pioneer · immigration · railroad · tenement · archive · plaque · founding · restoration
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- communityCollective of connected people
- identityWho someone is
ethnicity · traditions · ancestry · customs · assimilation · multiculturalism · calligraphy · lanterns · symbols · values
parade
Ceremonial public procession
- lanternsEnclosed portable light sources
- firecrackersSmall explosive novelties
- mooncakeOrnate autumn festival pastry
mid-autumn · zodiac · celebration · festivities · auspicious · costumes · fireworks · offerings · drumming
gates
Movable barriers at openings
vendors · storefronts · awnings · pedestrian · alleyways · tourists · bustle · architecture · ornamental · shops
noodles
Boiled dough strands
baozi · congee · tea · chopsticks · tofu · bakery · banquet · restaurant · steamtable
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- legacyWhat's passed down
settlement · pioneer · immigration · railroad · tenement · archive · plaque · founding · restoration · nostalgia
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- BostonBeacon Hill, Boston Common, Boston Harbor, Charlestown, Dorchester
- Chinatowndim sum, dragon dances, lion dances, lanterns, dragon dance
- neighborhoodsneighborhood, suburb, subdivision, Greenwich Village, East Village
- New YorkManhattan, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn
- cultural geographyethnic groups, borders, territories, nationalism, migration
ChinatownLittle Italy
Urban ethnic enclave
Koreatown · Little Tokyo · Little Havana · Little India · Little Saigon
Chinatownsuburbs
Residential areas outside cities
suburban sprawl · exurbs · gated community · bedroom community · rural area