Home Base: a Chinatown Called Heinlenville

Jessica Yu traces the history of Heinlenville Chinatown in San Jose from its destruction by arson in 1887, through the destruction of the Ng Shing Gung temple in 1940 up to the late 1980s, when the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project raised funds to reconstruct the temple.

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Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
17 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
17 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Feb 20, 1991
Season
1991
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Jessica Yu traces the history of Heinlenville Chinatown in San Jose from its destruction by arson in 1887, through the destruction of the Ng Shing Gung temple in 1940 up to the late 1980s, when the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project raised funds to reconstruct the temple.

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Japanese

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