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125 Anniversary

th 週年

最早期的華埠，商業的街道上滿佈著
拉貨馬車留下車轍的痕跡
Early Day Chinatown: streets in the business
district stamped with track marks left by
horse-drawn carriages. (View is of Apablasa
Street, looking east from Alameda Street)

States. California, situated on the Pacific of them could speak Chinese, making them
coast, with its mild climate, adequate rain- the largest Asian immigrant group, with
fall and fertile soil, was ideal for agriculture. most of them concentrated in California.
The Chinese immigrants brought with them
their agricultural skills and diligence to help 洛杉磯華埠的變遷
reclaim California land and introduced new The Changes in Location of the Los
fruit and vegetable varieties. In 1877, the Angeles Chinatown
House of Representatives of the state of
California announced, “As we admit, during 1781年，洛杉磯建市，市內各族裔群體不
the early period of the history of the state 斷地成長。1850年的人口普查是華裔移民
of California, the Chinese immigrants have 在洛杉磯市的最早期記錄，當時只有二位
made their own contributions into many 華人接受普查。另外，第一位華裔婦女抵
industries including the building of railroad, 達洛杉磯的記錄是1859年10月22日。不久
mining, garden arts and agriculture. Most Chick在士丙令街
of them are talented and very easygoing (Spring Street)開了第一間商店。當時
compared to the same aged westerns.” 有記錄的華裔人口已增至二十一人，其中
男性十三人，女性八人，都以擔任僕役或
根據2010年美國人口普查數據，全美華裔 洗衣為生。數年之後，有更多地華人來美
的總人口數超過四百萬，會講中文的為二 擔任修築鐵路的工人。
百三十八萬人，是最大的亞裔群，其中最 早期華人初到洛杉磯，都以黑人巷(Calle
集中的區域還是加州。此外，在海外出生 de los Negros)，就是今日的洛杉磯街
的華人比率占六成一。 （Los Angeles Street）為主要活動地
Based on statistics from the United States 區，當時約有二百華人，該地是全洛城
2010 census report, the number of Chi- 最貧窮的地區，為賭徒、不法者、尋歡
nese-born residents in the United States 作樂的白人及墨裔浪人聚居。華人在當
was more than 4,000,000, and 2,380,000 地多為苦力，洗衣工人，也有經營小商

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