Chinatown, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 4, 2020
Chinatown is the only ethnic Chinese enclave which has survived in New England. There are an abundance of Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants here because of the high population of Asian Americans living in and around the neighborhood. It serves as the largest cultural center in Boston for Southeast Asians. It is marked by its narrow and colorful lanes, lined by eating joints on each side. Chinatown's beauty lies in the confluence of immigrants it brings from around the globe.
A couple walks across the plaza where a vast array of Chinese lanterns are suspended from the top. The lanterns depict images related to the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, beginning with the California Gold Rush in the 1850s to current times. The lanterns are installed by the artist Yu-Wen Wu in the Auntie Kay and Uncle Frank Chin Park on The Greenway.
A number of benches in the Chinatown park are occupied by men playing Xiangqi, a form of chess native to China.
Onlookers and passerby's try to catch a glimpse of the game while the chess players are concentrating hard on the game.
With restaurants and cafes on each side, Chinatown sees visitors crossing to eat traditional and authentic Chinese and Vietnamese cuisines. Here, a woman working at a bakery shop prepares a tray of mooncakes, which are typically made with a flaky outer pastry and filled with red bean or lotus seed paste.
On the busy streets of Beach St. in Chinatown, a man walks with his morning coffee. The small lanes buzz with cars parked on each side as pedestrians make way to cross the roads.
