Shopping in Manila Chinatown🍬, experience the Chinese elements in the Philippines

Manila Chinatown is the place where the most Chinese in the Philippines live. You can hear Minnan dialect and Mandarin everywhere and see Chinese characters. In recent years, a large number of new Chinese immigrants have poured in, and Manila Chinatown is booming everywhere, which indicates that the energy of the Chinese in the Philippines has risen to a higher level both in mainstream society and in the traditional Manila Chinatown. The buildings along the street are very Chinese-style. The shops are surrounded by gold shops, herbal medicine shops, teahouses, etc., selling moon cakes, incense, jewelry and antiques and other specialty products.

The most obvious symbol of Chinatown is a beautiful Chinese-style archway, with the central horizontal plaque written in Chinese, English and Tagalog, the official language of the Philippines, "China-Philippines Friendship Gate". Wang Bin Street is the most representative street in Chinatown. The memorial statue of Wang Bin, the leader of the Chinese in the Philippines, and the monument to the Chinese who participated in the local anti-Japanese war stand on the street.