New York Chinatown mural "Mahjong Social" unveiled to help communities get out of the haze

　　Chinanews.com, September 16th. According to a report by Qiaobao.com, the second street mural produced by the “Chinatown Mural Project” was completed on Orchard Street in Manhattan’s Chinatown on the 13th. The project was also published on the crowdfunding website on the same day. Fundraising was launched on GoFundMe, through the production of more murals and photo draws and other activities, the Meihua community environment will attract more people to Chinatown and help the community get out of the haze caused by the epidemic as soon as possible.

　　Chen Jialing, the initiator of the "Chinatown Mural Project", said that the second mural work "Mahjong Social" is located on the section of Guoyuan Street between Kennedy Road and Diwisson Street. After obtaining the landlord's consent, he and young artist Tao Jin designed it , Created large-scale mural works.

This is the second work after the mural of the "Zodiac Noodle Shop" was completed on Moscow Street in Jinwu Street in early August.

　　Chen Jialing said that mural paintings are one of the most intuitive forms to show the life and cultural characteristics of a community. From "Chinese zodiac noodle shop" to "Mahjong social", the selected themes are closely related to the Lower East Side community, including Chinatown.

Take Mahjong for example. Although this card game originated in China, as Chinese immigrants continued to settle in the Lower East Side, this game was also brought into the Lower East Side community, which was dominated by Jewish residents at the time. The love of ethnic women shows the integration of culture and ethnicity.

The first mural "Zodiac Noodle Shop" on Moscow Street vividly depicts the daily scenes of Chinatown by depicting two representative zodiac signs of rabbit and tiger busy in the noodle shop.

　　Affected by the epidemic, the Chinatown community has been severely affected. Through the production of murals, while beautifying the community environment, it is expected to attract more people to Chinatown.

Chen Jialing said that on the 13th, a fundraiser was launched on the crowdfunding website to raise funds for the "Chinatown Mural Project" to produce more murals.

(Liu Yiling)