One of America travels | 72 hours, meet is not the same as the city of angels

Before the age of 30, I and the vast majority of people's life trajectory is not different, study, graduation, entering the job, work, never thought that one day I would be yearning for the distance into their own place. In June this year, WHEN I set foot on the land of the United States, I came to Los Angeles, the city of angels, and experienced in person the towering skyscrapers, the glittering Hollywood, the continuous coastline, the pleasant climate in all seasons and the open, inclusive, free and diverse culture here. Maybe this is the happiness that the ideal is reflected in the reality. Although I only spent four days in Los Angeles, there are some cities that, even for a short stay, make you unforgettable, and Los Angeles is one of them.

Hello, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, located in the southwestern state of California, is the second largest city in the United States after New York. The largest City in the Western United States, Los Angeles is often referred to as the "City of Angels." It is also a bustling metropolis and a bellwether of world trends, with a cosmopolitan attitude and free-spirited lifestyle.

My first stop in Los Angeles was El Pueblo de Los Angeles, a historic district in Los Angeles, which is located opposite the famous Los Angeles railway Station, Union Station. It is known as the birthplace of Los Angeles and records the changes of the history of Los Angeles. The Old Town Historic District is the oldest part of Los Angeles. In 1781, 44 People of Native American, African and European descent from 11 families trekked more than 1,000 miles across the desert from what is now northern Mexico to build their own settlement and grow Los Angeles step by step. Los Angeles Plaza Park (also known as Father Serra Park) is located in the heart of the historic site of The old City of Los Angeles. Completed in the 1820s, it is the site of many festivals and festivals, and the commercial and social center of Los Angeles at the time. There are three impressive statues on the square: King Carlos III of Spain, who ordered the founding of the Old City of Los Angeles in 1780; Felipe de Neve, the Spanish governor of California, who chose the site for the ancient city and designed its plans; Junipero Serra, the founder and first governor of The Province of Upper California, was one of the most influential figures in The history of Los Angeles.

Olvera Street is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Los Angeles. Named after The first Judge of Los Angeles County, Olvera Street is famous for its ancient Mexican style. It is lined with more than 75 years old buildings, authentic Mexican restaurants, Selling leather products, art works, national costumes, imported crafts, traditional Mexican utensils, with a strong Mexican customs. Olvera Street, once known as Angel Walk, is said to be the original Street in Los Angeles. It is a brick Street of less than a kilometer, filled with exotic Mexican exotic goods shops and vendors. Feel free to shop for small Mexican gifts. There are many handicrafts on this street, including Mexican traditional costumes, colorful skeletons, ear studs, textile fabrics, ukulele, masks, all with unique Mexican colors. Also because of handicrafts, things in every household are rarely repeated. If you don't buy something you like, the next house may not have the same. There are many excellent restaurants on Olvera Street. If you have time, you must go to La Golondrina, the oldest restaurant on Olvera Street, for a authentic Mexican meal, which was established in 1924. The authentic and delicious Mexican food here is both classic and popular, and has always been popular. Try Mexican lamb soup, where steamed lamb is simmered in a spiced and chili sauce for a fragrant aroma. If you're short on time, grab a Taco or masa (Mexican secret corn dough) and order a champurrado (lightly sweet Mexican hot cocoa with cinnamon, cornmeal, dark chocolate and sugar) for a great Mexican taste treat. The Avila Adobe, which still stands on Olvera Street, is the oldest residential building in Los Angeles and has been designated California Historic Landmark #145. Originally built in 1818 by Francisco Jose Avila, the house has served as a residence for his family members and descendants since its completion. It also served as a military command in the late 1840s. The walls of Avila house are made of adobe bricks (made of clay, water and other organic materials such as straw). Today, Avila Adobe's interior is imprinted with the California lifestyle of the 1840s. Dark wood tables, four-poster beds, candelabra and elaborate carpets create a 19th-century atmosphere.

The Avila Adobe House, which was destroyed in the 1971 Los Angeles earthquake, has been rebuilt as a sample of the California lifestyle of the 1840s for visitors to see. Pico House was a luxury hotel built between 1869 and 1870 by businessman Pio Pico, who was also the last Mexican governor of Alta California. The Italianate Pico House, on the main street across from the plaza across from Olvera Street, was once the most luxurious hotel in Southern California. In the hotel's heyday, the courtyard had a fountain and an aviary for exotic birds. The rear of The building, often featured in The CBS television series "The Mentalist," is The headquarters of The fictional California Bureau of Investigation. But the hotel is not open to the public. I tried to enter but was stopped by security guards who said it was under repair. The Old Plaza Firehouse is The oldest fire station in town, and The site's first owner is known as Volunteer 38s. It served as a fire station from 1884, when the building was completed, until 1897. Over the years it was transformed into a bar, cigar shop, billiard room, etc. Finally the building was renovated in the 1950s and reappeared as a fire museum in 1960. The exhibition features helmets, photographs and fire-fighting equipment from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Fire is indispensable to human life, but like everything in nature, it can create life or destroy it. Fire-fighting equipment and policies have evolved over the years, but think of the 19th century, when there was nothing motorized, everything was done by hand, including manually operated equipment, fire trucks with 500 gallons of water per minute per hour. The museum walls are covered with precious photos of firefighters working or training in the last century, and thanks to the advances in modern technology, firefighters are better protected. Let's pay tribute to the brave heroes around us! The Chinese American Museum is the first Museum in Southern California to explore ethnic diversity and American culture by sharing history and experiences with Chinese Americans. Located in the Garnier Building, it is the last Building to retain the original Chinatown and survive to this day. It is not obvious that it is not easy to find the entrance of the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles. It used to be the location of the Chinese Association, Longgang Public Office and Cognate Society in the old Chinatown. There were also some Chinese shops in the building, such as medicine shops and grocery stores. The Chinese community in Los Angeles grew from here, witnessing the struggle of Chinese people in the United States for more than 150 years. The Huamei Museum aims to promote a deeper understanding and appreciation of cultural heritage and, in doing so, to continue the contributions of Chinese Americans to Los Angeles. Since its opening, the Huamei Museum has received more than 1.5 million visitors from all over the world every year, and has gradually become a new tourist attraction in Los Angeles, opening a window for visitors to understand the Chinese culture and the history of Chinese immigrants. Chinese immigrants to the United States have a history of more than 150 years. The discovery of gold in California in 1889 led to the gold rush, which prompted Americans to move west and establish California as a state. It also attracted Immigrants from Asia, including Chinese, who became important labor forces for California's agriculture and railroads. Every tie on the 19th century Central Pacific Railroad was covered with the sweat and blood of thousands of Chinese laborers. In the 1860s, one out of every four Laborers in California was Chinese, and one out of every ten was Chinese. In the early development history of California, the great contribution of The Chinese laborers is worthy of the first place in terms of race. The picture shows some artifacts used by early Chinese immigrants. Paijiu should be an important pastime for Chinese laborers. Los Angeles became a magnet for The Chinese American community. It was close to the Pacific coast, had a unique climate like Kunming, Hong Kong and southern Taiwan, and more importantly, had a better climate for doing business. It welcomed new pioneers in a way that the traditional East did not. The American West was a new frontier for entrepreneurs. This old photo is a celebration of the new Chinatown in Los Angeles. In The case of Los Angeles, there were only two Chinese males in the 1850 U.S. census; After 1855, Chinese fishermen have set up fishing camps along the California coast, creating the California fishing industry. From 1870 to 1880, the first batch of Chinese workers, 4900, came to Los Angeles and developed the Central Valley, which was more than 400 miles in length and nearly 50 miles in width. They dredged rivers and cultivated fertile land in the swamp delta area and laid the foundation of California agriculture. They were one of the earliest entrepreneurial groups in Los Angeles. The photo shows the republic of China passport and banknotes issued by Taiwan in the 1970s. The establishment of the new "Chinatown", where the "old Chinese" live mainly, marks the first stage of the historic migration of Chinese in Los Angeles. The so-called "Lao qiao" refers to the descendants of the early Chinese and the Chinese from Taiwan and mainland China. The main forms of overseas Chinese entrepreneurship are catering, laundry and small-scale industry and commerce. Among the many shops, the Chinese medicine shop is also a very important Chinese shop. In the Huamei Museum, an exhibition hall reproduces the original appearance of the Chinese medicine shop. This is a big cabinet of goods in a Chinese shop, which sells some daily necessities from China. The museum restores the historical scene of the Chinese street in those days. Today, There are still many Chinese shops and supermarkets in The Chinatown of Los Angeles, where all kinds of goods from China can be found. Walking there, you will have a sense of time and space confusion, and you will think that this is not the United States but somewhere in China.

The Chinese in Los Angeles still maintain many Chinese traditions. They also celebrate the Traditional festivals such as The Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival with great excitement. The posters in the picture are for the Mid-Autumn festival and the Spring Festival. In Los Angeles, the Golden Dragon Parade in Chinatown has lasted for more than 100 years. This Chinese Spring Festival celebration has long been an indispensable grand festival in Los Angeles, attracting a large number of people to enjoy the tour every year. Visitors can join the parade to tour the city center along the way, setting off firecrackers, eating snacks and interacting with the performers in the parade, everyone participating in the lively atmosphere of the Chinese New Year. The Huamei Museum's permanent exhibition, Origins: The Birth and Growth of the Chinese Community in Los Angeles, offers insight into the growth and development of Chinese-American communities. As a place to record the history of cultural exchanges between China and the United States and to highlight the diversity of American culture, the Huamei Museum has witnessed the history of Chinatown and continues to document its present and future. The Museum also reminds generations of Chinese descendants and people of all ethnic groups of the United States of their contributions to the American society. The integration and understanding of different ethnic groups is the guarantee for the prosperity of this diverse society in the United States. Los Angeles's "old Chinatown" was the birthplace of Chinese entrepreneurship between the 1870s and 1930s, home to more than 3,000 people and covering 12 streets, before the community moved north to build a train station and eventually became Los Angeles's "Chinatown." Located north of the Sunset Blvd, it is not as famous as the Chinatowns of New York and San Francisco, but it is one of the oldest chinatowns in Europe and the United States. Its signature is the quaint Chinatown Gateway. The Chinatown in Los Angeles is not as old as the Chinatown in San Francisco. In 1849, the first stop for the coastal farmers of Guangdong came to The United States was San Francisco. Chinese concentrated in The area of San Francisco to pan for gold and soon formed the earliest Chinatown in the United States. By the mid-1860s, the Chinese who were panning for gold in northern California could no longer make a living by panning for gold, so they began to participate in the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad. Groups of Chinese laborers slowly moved to Los Angeles in southern California, and Los Angeles soon became the largest Chinatown in California after San Francisco at that time. The central square statue commemorates Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen and was built in the 1960s by the China United Charity Association. Dr. Sun Yat-sen is also revered and remembered by overseas Chinese for his resolute and outstanding spirit and noble and great personality. To commemorate the great man of the century and the mentor of revolution, the Chinese set up a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen at the place where he once worked and worshipped it forever. In addition, there are 43 parks named after Sun Yat-sen around the world. The highlight of Chinatown is the seven-foot statue of Bruce Lee in front of the Big Star Bar on the west side of central Plaza. The statue was unveiled by Bruce Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee, on September 28, 2018, the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Chinatown in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles Chinatown this bronze statue, is the first statue of Bruce Lee in the United States, it symbolizes the martial arts and philosophy of Bruce Lee, but also the spirit of Bruce Lee attribution. Bruce Lee used to drive on College Street in Chinatown, Los Angeles