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What is the second largest Chinatown in North America?

Chinatown Millennium House (looking eastward) Vancouver Chinatown (also known as Vancouver Chinatown) opened in 1885, one year before Vancouver was established. It is the largest Chinatown in North America after San Francisco Chinatown, and is called "the living fossil of the hundred-year struggle history of Chinese in North America". Vancouver Chinatown, built on an uninhabited land by the sea, is the settlement, business district and historical and cultural district of early Chinese immigrants. After 100 years of development and change, Vancouver Chinatown is now the second largest Chinatown in North America. As a symbol of China culture with a rich history, it is listed as a major tourist attraction. Because Vancouver is coastal, the old overseas Chinese used to call Vancouver a "salt water port". It is said that the earliest city of China is not here, but on Thurlow Street. Later it was burned by bandits. As a result, the old overseas Chinese had to start a new stove and build houses near PenderStreet, gradually forming today's scale. Vancouver Chinatown covers an area of about six blocks, bordering the central business district of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in the west, the eastern end of downtown in the north, and Stacona District in the east. The broad coverage of the eastern end of the city center also includes Chinatown. According to the official definition of Vancouver city government, Chinatown is roughly bounded by Houxiang (that is, Qian Jie Street), UnionStreet, GoreStreet Street and CarrallStreet between HestingStreet and PenderStreet Street. Business activities in this area are mainly concentrated in MainStreet, PenderStreet and KeeferStreet. At present, most shops in Chinatown are run by Hong Kong people, and there are Chinese character signs in Chinatown, which makes people feel like they are in China. There are Chinese restaurants with various flavors and shops selling traditional China handicrafts on both sides of the street. There are also Chinese medicine shops, butcher shops, fish shops, green vegetables shops, seafood dry goods shops, tea restaurants, drug stores and grocery stores beside the street. Overseas Chinese also like to come here to buy daily necessities. You can also see porcelain, tea and precious stones here. In the first month of the lunar calendar, there will be dragon and lion dances. In addition, Cantonese tea drinking in Chinatown is also very famous, and many restaurants are full every morning tea time, which can be described as a prosperous business. Tea time is about11:00-14: 00. Every restaurant will be full at this time, so it is safest to go early. Another feature of Sanji Tower in Vancouver Chinatown is the narrowest shop in the world-Sanji Tower, which was built in 19 13. Later, due to the road widening project, it developed into what it is today. Chinatown Station, the gymnasium of Vancouver Elevated Train, is located at the west edge of Chinatown, and it is the only station with an official Chinese name in the whole elevated train system. Tip: When there are few pedestrians in Chinatown at night, the public security is not very good. Be safe.