Boston's Asian Epicenter
Neighborhood: Chinatown
Nearest Train: Orange Line T to Chinatown; Green Line T to Boylston
Phone: +1 800 7 3326 7866
Fax: +1 617 424 7664
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Spanning the area between South Station and the Boston Common, Chinatown is filled with many Chinese immigrants and their businesses. There are numerous Chinese restaurants as well as bakeries and teahouses. In addition, there are Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese restaurants in the neighborhood. Specialty shops sell everything from medicinal dried roots and herbs to fine jade jewelry. Food markets sell fresh fish, hard-to-find Asian vegetables and even live poultry. The traditional Chinatown Gate—paifang is flanked by foo lions on each side to ward off evil. Foo lions are believed to ward off evil and are popularly known as guardian lions usually seen at the entrance of important buildings and establishments.
Reviews
Awesome Walking Tour
I went on this really amazing walking tour of Chinatown. It was led by a group of youth from the Ch...
Reviewed by:wavegurl808 from on Jun 29 2008
it was fun
It is a fun place to go If you want to go some where you havent been before. Boaring in some of the ...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from WA on Jan 29 2008
OMG I LUV IT THERE
I LUVED IT 100% like totally! and i am so picky about this kind of stuff! i also went there as a lit...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from Medway, MA on Aug 29 2007
