Immigrating to Thailand to set up stalls

Formation time: For a long time, Chinatown in Hawaii was the first place where many new Asian immigrants settled. Each ethnic group adds its own seasoning to the ethnic hodgepodge in Hawaii. Today, new immigrants from Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laos, Thailand and other East Asian countries have greatly enriched the spiritual connotation of this land, but it is still called Chinatown, which is a tribute to the earliest pioneers in China.

It is believed that the earliest China people who arrived in Hawaii were the China crew on the ships Phyllis and Iphigenia, who arrived in Lulu Port on 1788. But the earliest immigrants from China arrived in 1852. At that time, 293 indentured laborers from China came to "Xiangshu-the country" and worked hard in the plantation for five years, with a monthly salary of $3. Although some people returned to China after their contracts expired, most of them stayed. They married local Hawaiians and used their hard-earned money to build a shop near the mouth of the Nunu River.

China people who were enterprising and not satisfied with working for others soon monopolized the business operation on the island. Soon, commercial activities developed into real estate, banking, commerce and other industries, affecting important areas such as political life on the island.

Before 1990, most buildings in Chinatown were razed to the ground by two fires. What we see today is built in this century. In design and construction, the new building pays attention to retaining the feeling of Chinatown in the original era. Thanks to the efforts of local people, visitors who come here today can hear different dialects in the markets of Chinatown in several small blocks in downtown Honolulu, see the quiet shops of herbal pharmacists and the coordinated actions of noodle chefs, appreciate the ingenious performances of Asian artists, and taste the delicious food cooked by chefs from all over the world, from which they can better observe the activity and unruly of the orientals. The reason is that the early Chinatown was the product of China's peaceful management. At first, China people went to sea to make a living and were unfamiliar with the local language. In order to communicate with each other, take care of each other, help each other and make a living, most of them are willing to live together, which gives them a sense of security. Later, they gradually set up stalls and shops, operated restaurants, inns and grocery stores, built ancestral temples and temples, and set up various chambers of commerce, guilds, private schools or Chinese schools, gradually forming the life center of China immigrants in the local area. This is the general process of the formation of Chinatown. Chinatown appeared on the main routes of international trade at that time, as well as the coastal areas from China businessmen to Japan in the north and Indonesia in the south. Different from the western colonialists, the activities of Chinese Americans are purely private business activities without the support of the state. China people generally don't use violence or conquest, except that the maritime armed group headed by Liang occupied the old port (Dagang) of Sumatra Island and carried out armed self-defense to deal with pirate attacks and plunder. The early Chinatown was naturally formed in the process of peaceful trade. At first, Chinatown was temporary and not the permanent residence of Chinese businessmen. Early Chinese businessmen were very mobile, and they frequently traveled to and from China, Japan, Southeast Asia and other places. They just temporarily live in Chinatown for reasons such as waiting for the monsoon and buying local products. In some places, such as Sulu, local residents even take some China businessmen hostage to ensure that China merchant ships come to trade every year.