I found it so fascinating how San Francisco Chinatown, like the imbrued lotus of Macau, is surrounded by many fast-growing technology companies, yet it is still able to have its own unique tradition practiced in between the alleys. However, the younger American-born Chinese generation started to focus more on how to make themselves more Americanized to identify themselves as American citizens. I have done a large amount of research on the historical events of Chinatown. I realized the stories of Chinatown have gradually dimmed as the younger Chinese generation no longer cared. I was wondering if I could invite you to participate as a part of this project and have you discuss your point of view on how the community within Chinatown practiced its tradition and where the invisible "folding screen" that divides Chinatown from the rest of SF?
While I was looking for where I could find Chinatown, I heard Mahjong sounds coming from alleys through the inner Chinatown. —Later I found that there are at least forty Mahjong club rooms hidden in between the Chinatown alleys. The tradition of Mahjong playing was carried on through history.
Inspired by using the leftover fat I used from the mooncake I made my own: soaps with soon-will-washed away Chinatown marks.
Bringing my design back to the street, I found that the elders who lived in Chinatown enjoyed looking at my design whereas the tourists and the younger generation, as I suggest in my design, just "ate, wiped(their mouths), and passed by..."
