Manchester
Chinatown
See
also: Street Plan of Chinatown
Chinatown
is one of the busiest and most colourful areas of city centre
Manchester.
Situated just
behind Piccadilly Plaza,
around George Street and Charlotte Street, off Mosley Street behind
the City Art Gallery,
the area bustles with life - tradesmen and tourists alike, and
is particularly well worth seeing on Sundays, when ethnic Chinese
traders from all over the county descend on the area to buy in
food supplies from the proliferation of superstores, the herbalists,
gift shops, restaurants and markets.
There
are many other ethnicities represented in Chinatown, including
Thai,
Malaysian, Singaporean, Nepalese, Italian,
French
and Japanese
shops and restaurants.
For the food-seeker,
there is a cornucopia of restaurants to choose from, both Cantonese
and Pekingese, as well as other oriental restaurants.
The Imperial
Chinese Archway, Manchester Chinatown
The Chinese
district is dominated by the Imperial Chinese Archway, a gift
to the City from the Chinese people, (pictured right), the only
one in Europe, and even more decorative than that found in San
Francisco.
Tourists are
frequently surprised by its sudden appearance as on turning a
corner of one of Chinatown's busy narrow streets, this initially
incongruous edifice confronts them.
Designed and
built by a team of engineers from Peking, it is decorated with
ceramics, lacquer, paint and gold leaf. Beside the arch are two
pavilions for the foot-weary to rest, set amongst ornamental gardens.
Chinese
Arts Centre
Market Buildings,
Thomas Streeet,
Manchester M4 1EU. Tel: 0161-832 7271.
Email: info@chinese-arts-centre.org
Website: www.chinese-arts-centre.org
The Chinese
Arts Centre opened its new centre on 28th November 2003 following
a grant from the Arts Council of England.
It was first
established in 1986 and now acts as a national agency, which promotes,
commissions and exhibits Chinese artists. It exhibits British
born and international contemporary Chinese artists at its gallery
and develops touring exhibitions.
Touring exhibitions
include the groundbreaking Representing The People (1999) which
presented a new generation of contemporary artists from mainland
China to British audiences and Made in China, an exhibition of
contemporary Chinese design (2001-2003).
Chinese
Services in Manchester
- The Chinese
Advisory Service
117 Portland Street, Manchester M1.
Telephone : 0161-228 7506.
- Manchester
Wai Yin Chinese Women's Society
2nd Floor, Fraser House, 36 Charlotte Street, M1.
Telephone : 0161-237 5908.
- Chinese
Health Information Centre
39 George Street, Manchester M1.
Telephone : 0161-228 0138.
- Chinese
Medical Centre
2 St John Street, Manchester M3.
Telephone : 0161-839 9283.
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See also
: Chinese
Restaurants
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Chinatown Supermarkets
The Chinese Imperial Arch
The Chinese Arts Centre
Chinese and Asian Restaurants
Photos
by John Moss
Except Chinese Arts Centre Images
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