The Dragon Gate is a structure found along Grant Avenue at the southern boundary of Chinatown approaching Bush Street. The structure is in the style of a traditional pailou and was dedicated during October 1970. Chinatown is one of the oldest neighborhoods in San Francisco and traditionally has been centered around Grant Avenue. Grant Avenue previously was known as Dupont Street and Calle de la Fundación.
https://www.gribblenation.org/2024/10/grant-avenue-in-san-francisco-and.html?m=1
Of course, this calls for the namesake song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwTWfCgjns0
All these gates have a prominent sign in the middle, with around four Chinese characters, and I wonder what they mean. I would expect they'd be the name of the city or something, but I see in GSV that both SF and Portland have the same characters.
Quote from: pderocco on October 07, 2024, 03:04:59 PMAll these gates have a prominent sign in the middle, with around four Chinese characters, and I wonder what they mean. I would expect they'd be the name of the city or something, but I see in GSV that both SF and Portland have the same characters.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%8B%E7%82%BA%E5%85%AC
It means "the world belongs to the people". It's an idium used by Sun Yat-sen who was part (or main leader) of the movement to overthrow imperial China to form the Republic
Quote from: SeriesE on October 07, 2024, 05:34:46 PMQuote from: pderocco on October 07, 2024, 03:04:59 PMAll these gates have a prominent sign in the middle, with around four Chinese characters, and I wonder what they mean. I would expect they'd be the name of the city or something, but I see in GSV that both SF and Portland have the same characters.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%8B%E7%82%BA%E5%85%AC
It means "the world belongs to the people". It's an idium used by Sun Yat-sen who was part (or main leader) of the movement to overthrow imperial China to form the Republic
Well, I've never seen those characters. Sometimes the front and back say the same thing, sometimes they say something different. I doubt there's much relation between what one Chinatown puts up and what another does.
Quote from: pderocco on October 07, 2024, 08:05:31 PMQuote from: SeriesE on October 07, 2024, 05:34:46 PMQuote from: pderocco on October 07, 2024, 03:04:59 PMAll these gates have a prominent sign in the middle, with around four Chinese characters, and I wonder what they mean. I would expect they'd be the name of the city or something, but I see in GSV that both SF and Portland have the same characters.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E4%B8%8B%E7%82%BA%E5%85%AC
It means "the world belongs to the people". It's an idium used by Sun Yat-sen who was part (or main leader) of the movement to overthrow imperial China to form the Republic
Well, I've never seen those characters. Sometimes the front and back say the same thing, sometimes they say something different. I doubt there's much relation between what one Chinatown puts up and what another does.
well, that's the same 4 characters in the 1st picture of Max's blog, just in reverse order. Traditionally, Chinese characters are written right to left