Please join Brian, Lawrence Johnson, David and Edward on Saturday Mar 5 2022: CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: 9AM-5PM, 232 1st St. Marysville, California – Unique collection & histories of Marysville, N. California, Delta & Central Valley Chinatowns.
1-4PM Museum Lecture Series : (Limited Seating)
1:00pm – Gold Country’s Last Chinatown, Marysville CA – Lawrence Tom, author
1:30pm – The Chinese American Museum of Northern California – Past, Present, Future – Brian Tom, Museum Director
2:00pm – Chinese Tongs: Questions You are Afraid to Ask – David Y. Lei, Senior Advisor, Chinese American Heritage Foundation
2:30pm – Break
3:00pm – Sharing 37 Years of US-China Business Consulting – Johnson Choi, Pres. Hong Kong, China, Hawaii Chamber of Commerce
3:30pm – San Francisco Chinatown – Social, Demographic, Economic Changes Through 170 Years! – Edward Liu, retired SF attorney, former legal counsel, SF Chinatown Merchants Association
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Weekend of fun in historic Marysville Chinatown: 175ft Dragon, museums, film festival, cooking demos, walking tour, workshops, tour Oroville
About this event
This year in conjunction with the 142nd annual Marysville Bok Kai Parade and Festival, the Chinese American Pioneer Heritage Committee is holding its 4th annual Chinese American Pilgrimage on March 5 & 6, 2022 in the historic old Marysville Chinatown.
Please join us as we host 2 days of extended cultural programming including a Chinese American Documentary/ Classic Films Festival, Early Chinese Immigrant Foodways Cooking Demonstrations, talks and seminars on Chinese American community history and genealogy, walking tours of the historic old Marysville Chinatown, visits to the Bok Kai Temple, Marysville Chinese School, and Chinese American Museum of Northern California. Join us Saturday evening for a catered “Pioneer Dinner” as we honor past historians and network with community leaders, local historical groups, activists and genealogists to share in the collective work we have been doing to archive and document our histories. On Sunday March 6 we will take a guided tour of the Oroville Chinese Temple & Museum, another historic Gold Rush era Chinatown near Marysville before returning to celebrate Bomb Day.
TICKETING: Registration is Required
- SAT. ALL DAY Pass (includes Pioneer Dinner)= $75
- SUN. ALL DAY Pass (includes Oroville Temple Tour & Lunch) = $45
- 2-Day SUPER-SAVER Pass = $100 ($20 savings)
- Passes include unlimited Admission to Scheduled Programs. Seating is first come, first serve, so please arrive early. While local Marysville Museums generally do not charge admission, we do encourage you to consider making a donation to support their ongoing work.
CHECK-IN: COVID Safety Guidelines:
- SAT. 9am-5pm – Marysville Buddhist Church – 125 B Street
- 5pm-9pm – Marysville Art Club – 420 10th St Marysville
- SUN. – Check-in available @ each event
- Please check-in and pick-up Wristbands before attending events.
- ID & Proof of Vaccination is Required
- Masks must be worn in all venues except when eating or drinking.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
- TRAVELODGE BY WYNDHAM YUBA CITY
- 965 Gray Ave, Yuba City, CA 95991
- Phone: (530) 777-5184
- Discounted Festival Rate: $99 per night + plus tax
- Use Code name: Marysville Pilgrimage
- You must call the hotel to get the discounted rate.
- Limited availability, first come, first serve.
- Talk to Nick between 7 AM – 3 PM Pacific Time. (he is off Sun. & Mon.)
For questions, email us at: ChAmPioneerHeritageComm@gmail.com
SATURDAY, MARCH 5 – Program Schedule
•BOK KAI TEMPLE: 9AM-5PM, 1st & D Street. Opened since 1854, this is still a very active temple; please respect the worship. Original Moo Lung Dragon Exhibit @ Temple Museum. (Donations welcome.)
• BOK KAI FESTIVAL & STREET FAIR: 9AM-5PM, 2nd St, Downtown. Food & Craft Vendors, cultural booths, children’s activities
• CHINESE AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL 1-5PM – Marysville Buddhist Church (Annex) 125 B Street – Chinese American Documentaries and Classics in Chinese American Cinema (sched. TBD)
• WALKING TOURS OF MARYSVILLE CHINATOWN: 2:00PM & 4:00PM – Led by Gordon Tom. Meet at the Chinese American Museum of Northern California, 232 1st Street.
• FOODWAYS OF EARLY CHINESE IMMIGRANTS – COOKING DEMONSTRATION WITH CHEF DON LEE, 1PM & 3PM, Marysville Art Club, 420 10th Street
• OUR CHINESE AMERICAN STORIES: HISTORY & COMMUNITY SYMPOSIUM : 1-5PM, Marysville Buddhist Church (Social Room), 125 B St.
- 1:00-2:15 – The Luke Shaw Story – Christopher Wong
- 2:30-4:00 – From China to Marysville to Los Angeles – The Life and Times of Jue Joe and His Unusual Friendship with Otto F. Brant, 1874 to 1941 – Jack Jue Jr., great grandson of Jue Joe is a retired physician and family historian who for the last 10 years has documented and blogged extensively the histories of the Jue and Kwok families in America.
- 4:15-5:15 – The Kwan Tai Temple and the Chinese in Mendocino County – Lorraine Hee-Chorley, is the great granddaughter of John Sing Lee, the builder of the Kwan Tai Temple, and author of Chinese in Mendocino County from Arcadia Press.
• CHINESE AMERICAN PIONEER DINNER, 6 PM, Marysville Art Club, 420 10th Street. Join us for dinner as we honor past historians and network with community leaders, local historical groups, activists and genealogists to share in the collective work we have been doing to archive and document Chinese American history. (SEATS ARE LIMITED. PLEASE RESERVE EARLY!)
SUNDAY, MARCH 6 – Program Schedule
•BOK KAI TEMPLE: 9AM-5PM, 1st & D Street. Opened since 1854, this is still a very active temple; please respect the worship. Original Moo Lung Dragon Exhibit @ Temple Museum. (Donations welcome.)
• CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: 9AM-5PM,232 1st St. Unique collection & histories of Marysville, N. California, Delta & Central Valley Chinatowns. (Donation welcome.)
• OLD CHINESE SCHOOL MUSEUM, 10AM-5PM, 226 1st Street (Donations welcome.)
• GOLD COUNTRY FIELD TRIP & TOUR –
- OROVILLE CHINESE TEMPLE & MUSEUM – 1500 Broderick St, Oroville
- 9:00AM – Meet at Marysville Bok Kai Temple – for carpooling
- 9:45AM (Sharp) Check-in – Arrival at Oroville Temple –
- 10AM-12PM – The Temple and Museum will be opened special for our group that day and we will be given a private tour of the facilities.
- Built in 1863, the Oroville Chinese Temple at one time served over 10,000 Chinese, one of the largest Chinese communities north of Sacramento. The Temple Museum houses an extensive collection of embroidered tapestries, Chinese and American costumes, and the Fong Lee Company medicinal herb and gold purchasing shop of the Chan family. The compound is in a beautiful garden setting and during this Chinese New Year season the Pomelo tree will be ripe with fruit.
- TONG FONG LOW Restaurant – 2051 Robinson St., Oroville
- 12:30PM – LUNCH – Tong Fong Low has been a family owned restaurant in Oroville since 1912.
(RETURN TO MARYSVILLE)
• HISTORIC GUIDED TOUR OF MARYSVILLE CHINATOWN:
2:30PM – Meet at the Chinese American Museum of Northern California, 232 1st Street. We will be given a special private guided tour of historic Marysville Chinatown with some special highlights. Led by Gordon Tom.
- 1937 Suey Sing Building – Interior building tour – with David Y. Lei. Discussion about the history, future and possibilities for this historic site.
- DaXiao Ren (Da Shiu Yun – 打小人) – Ritual & Ceremony – “Smacking Pesky Little People” – Demonstration and explanation by David Y. Lei.
- As a special added feature this year, as we are emerging from a 2-year COVID hiatus, while on our tour we will be given a demonstration and explanation of this ancient Cantonese ceremonial ritual still widely practiced in Hong Kong, to rid oneself of pesky people, evil spirits, and bad omens. As David says, “Not sure how well this works, but you will surely release lots of anger and bring us back to psychological health.”
- All paraphernalia for the ceremony will be provided — you just need to provide the name(s) of pesky petty people.
- Here are some links to learn more about this Guangdong practice:
- Day of Jing-Zhe (Da Xiao ren/ White Tiger Festival)
- Ancient villain-hitting ritual thrives in Hong Kong
• “BOMB” DAY CEREMONY: 4 PM – 1st & C Street Traditional firing of the Bombs & Ring competition. If you are sensitive to firecrackers, bring your ear plugs!
Johnson Choi Biz 