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Chinatown Gate Review
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Chinatown Gate
Architectural Sites, Chinatown
Fodor's Review:
This is the official entrance to Chinatown. Stone lions flank the base of the pagoda-topped gate; the lions, dragons, and fish up top symbolize wealth, prosperity, and other good things. The four Chinese characters immediately beneath the pagoda represent the philosophy of Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), the leader who unified China in the early 20th century. Sun Yat-sen, who lived in exile in San Francisco for a few years, promoted the notion of friendship and peace among all nations based on equality, justice, and goodwill. The vertical characters under the left pagoda read "peace" and "trust," the ones under the right pagoda "respect" and "love." The whole shebang usually telegraphs the internationally understood message of "photo op."
INFO
- Address: Grant Ave. at Bush St., Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
WHAT'S NEARBY
- Sights
- Chinese Culture Center
- Chinese Historical Society of America Museum and Learning Center
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- Restaurants
- Great Eastern
- R&G Lounge
- Hotels
- Grant Plaza Hotel
- SW Hotel
- Entertainment
- Bow Bow Cocktail Lounge
- Shopping
- Chinatown
- Chinatown Kite Shop
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