right in here in chinatown and i have not moved out for the last 40 years. rent control if. sure. i would say the guru of china town. one of hearts of china town. being chinese is the coolest thing in the world or knew years celebration are lit. chinese celebrations are literally lit. besides fire crackers, when it comes to celebrating chinese new year the most recognize bl part is the lion and dragon dance. today item heading over to lion chance to meet mirror man allow who teaches the art to teens. how are you doing? good good. i figure if he can time these kids over the course of years he can probably teach me in a few minutes, right? the lion dance is a century old tradition where two dancers
america. awe san francisco. america s greatest and city. for years it s been known as america s gay neighborhood. and it still figure out ways to sell that crazy in summer hat in 167. currently nope as the bedroom of silicon valley but way behalf that it was known as the bildt mace of true america phenomenon. i m talking about china town. i lived in san francisco for 12 years, longer than i lived in any city in life. i move there had to do comedy but the fist thing that made me want to come to the city is bruce lee. he was born in china town in 1940, the year of the dragon. back in 1800s the chinese people many people don t realize that chinese people were
. remember wilma, the guru of china town? she invited me over for tea to teach me more about her neighborhood. hi. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] . very good very goodism. thank you. welcome to my home. i m not gone lie, i m really curious what a rent control apartment in san francisco is like. maybe see if she needs a roommate. i m making launch. this is the tea egg. it s after the hot boiled egg and then you put tea leaves in there. so san francisco s clientown, i identify with clientown seems like the identity of the city.
for a long time, which you know, because i ve been annoying about it. because i m the biggest bruce lee fan. i know the other people say that, but i actually am. no, i actually am. checkmate. exactly. yes. touche. point shannon. so in america, you can t talk about the chinese american experience witut talking about your father. he was born in san francisco. that s right. america s first chinatown. then when he left hong kong i m telling you like you don t know. let me explain how your dad works. tell me, please. what s this? what are you saying? kamau feels awkward. next on united shades of america. even if you just want to talk about chinatown in san francisco, your dad comes up. if you want to talk about the chinese american experience, your dad comes up. if you want to talk about asians in the entertainment industry, your dad comes up. you want to talk martial arts. in a very short amount of time
exactly. years ago it s like another country and chinese could not go across broadway street because the kids would start fights. china people in chinatown would have to stay in china town? yeah. it s described as a all welcoming place but that s not true. uh-huh. javier wards chinatown was suppose to move elsewhere. china town was deaf stated in an earthquake. before it was destroyed city officials were plotted on how to move the chinese out of a chinese banned together, we re not going to move and saved by the dynasty impress. so the impress of china helped save china town. chinese was allowed to rebuild