Inside Chinatown
ancient culture in a new world
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
18 August 2009
Summary
Victoria’s Chinatown is Canada’s oldest Chinese neighbourhood and has a lineage unbroken since 1858. With large-format colour photos and photocollages, Robert Amos and Kileasa Wong take you behind the doors of the 29 private clubs that make up the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, where you’ll see the gilded altars, antique art and ornate furniture that grace the meeting halls. Through stunning pictures and text in both Chinese and English, you will meet the club members and take a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781894898911 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1894898915 |
| Author: | Kileasa Wong, Robert Amos |
| Publisher: | Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd |
| Imprint: | Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 18 August 2009 |
| Weight: | 954g |
| Dimensions: | 237mm x 257mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
A highly readable history of the Chinese community in Victoria. Its beautiful, respectful pages make an important contribution to our understanding.–Times Colonist– (01/09/2009)
About The Author
Kileasa Wong
Robert Amos has painted thousands of pictures of the urban landscape and specializes in commissioned paintings of homes and gardens. He writes a weekly column, On Art, published in the Times Colonist, and is the author (and illustrator) of seven books about Victoria, including robertamos.com. Kileasa Wong was born Wu Chewan in Hong Kong, the daughter of a family from Chaozhou in the northeast corner of Guangdong Province. She moved to Canada with her husband in 1974 and is now the secretary of Victoria’s Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and the editor of the Victoria Chinatown Newsletter. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a master’s degree in education from the University of Victoria, and is the foremost teacher of traditional Chinese painting in Victoria. She is also the principal of the Chinese Public School on Fisgard Street. Kileasa lives in Victoria, BC.
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