China News Service, June 7th. According to the US "World Journal" report, "Born in Chinatown, let us tell the story of Chinatown." Huang Huina and Chen Langyi are the co-founders of "Wujie Girls Chinatown Walking Tour" People and tour guides said that during the epidemic, the economy of Chinatown in Manhattan, New York, USA was hit like never before, and anti-Asian hate crimes occurred again, so they decided to set up a tour group to introduce the historical changes and stories behind Chinatown to tourists, which not only helped The revival of Chinatown gives people a chance to learn about the struggle experience of Chinese immigrants.
Chen Langyi said that the two were once volunteer guides at the American Museum of Chinese, which allowed them to understand the history of Chinese Americans from the "Chinese Exclusion Act" of 1882 to the present. Unfortunately, due to the epidemic prevention and control, all activities had to be suspended. .
"That's why we started to want to create our own tour group." She said that the experience and stories learned in the Chinese Museum are very valuable assets, especially now that we see the various experiences experienced by Asian groups, we need to make more People see and recognize the facts.
Huang Huina and Chen Langyi took two different walking tours, one is a smaller and more intimate AirBnb experience, and only one or two people are invited, called "Revisiting the Chinese Life"; the other is "Outside the Shop: Chinatown" "Hiking Tour" can accommodate about 10 to 15 people.
The tourist attractions include the former Chinese Opera House and today’s Tanhualou Restaurant. They will explain the history behind it and how the place transformed from an opera house to a high-end Chinese restaurant.
The tour group now attracts all kinds of foreign New Yorkers and tourists. The two girls on the street said that many people had a new and profound view of Chinatown when they left.
Huang Huina said that although data and statistics can roughly describe the suffering Chinatown suffered during the epidemic, only by connecting these stores with the stories behind them can people's impression of these small businesses last.
(Zhang Chen)