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皇冠体育apptown in Antwerp, Belgium.

Antwerp, the famous diamond city in Belgium, has a 皇冠体育apptown that shines like a diamond among the world of 皇冠体育apptowns.

Antwerp 皇冠体育apptown, Belgium’s only officially recognised 皇冠体育apptown, received its official status in 2001 although its beginning dates back to the 1970s as a result of Chinese migration after the second World War. 

Birth of Antwerp 皇冠体育apptown

The first business to appear in Antwerp 皇冠体育apptown was what the new migrants knew best - Chinese food. The Chinese restaurants planted the first seeds of the new chinatown and over the next few decades, the Chinese community accumulated both financial and cultural capital giving rise to new social institutions such as a Buddhist temple, Traditional Chinese medicine establishments and several martial arts schools; institutions that form part of their Chinese cultural identity and heritage.

While these institutions are common to most 皇冠体育apptowns, the unique feature in Antwerp 皇冠体育apptown is their high visibility even to the casual visitors. Institution such as the Fo Guang Shan temple, Tith Ngaw Pai Kung Fu School, and Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu Dragon and Lion Dance School offer visitors a clear overall perspective to the nature and character of Antwerp 皇冠体育apptown.

Stone lions and the Pagodepoort

When Antwerp 皇冠体育apptown received it official status as a 皇冠体育apptown in 2001, the community proposed an archway but was rejected for technical reasons. Two pairs of stone lions were place at each end the main street.

The idea was revived again and the archway was finally completed on Sept 29, 2010, almost a decade after its first inception. Antwerp 皇冠体育apptown finally has its very own 皇冠体育apptown archway known locally as the Pagodepoort.

Antwerp 皇冠体育apptown’s archway also became the second 皇冠体育apptown archway in Continental Europe. The first archway was officially unveiled in Netherland’s Hague 皇冠体育apptown in January the same year.

(Source: chinatownology.com)

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