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Stores at Plaza de San José. Restaurants at Mi Pueblo Plaza. The area surrounding King and Story, zip code 95122, is a hub for the East San Jose Community and for Latino culture in San Jose. [2] The neighborhood is sometimes known as Tropicana, after the shopping center on the southwest corner of the intersection.
When Hong Xiuquan called for his cousin Hong Rengan to come to Nanjing to help him rule, the Taiping administration was entrenched in a bitter power dispute. The powerbase of the movement had largely become split between the devout Taiping religious followers in Nanjing and the generals commanding the armies outside the city.
A drawing of Hong Xiuquan as the "Heavenly King" (ca. 1860) Hong Xiuquan (洪秀全, Hóng Xiùquán) was a Hakka Chinese who was the leader of the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864) against the Qing dynasty. He proclaimed himself to be the Heavenly King, established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and called Jesus Christ his brother. [citation needed]
San Jose's first Chinatown was located at the southwest corner of Market and San Fernando streets, near the present-day Circle of Palms Plaza. City officials noted the Chinese presence by 1866. [ 3 ] By January 1870, white residents had begun complaining to the San Jose City Council about the concentration of Chinese people in the neighborhood.
Paul and Nancy Fong prepare meals for the lunch rush at the Chicago Cafe in Woodland. The family diner, established in 1903, was recently recognized as California's oldest Chinese restaurant.
Market Street Chinatown Archaeological Project (Report). Stanford, California: Stanford Archaeology Center and Stanford University Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology. Yu, Connie Young (2001). Chinatown, San Jose, USA. San Jose Historical Museum Association. ISBN 978-0914139126.
Shortly after their capture of Yongan, Hong Xiuquan named Xiao Co-Marshal, the ceremonial rank of marshal being the "ultimate mark of distinction in the Taiping organization." [ 28 ] On December 4, 1851, Hong bestowed further honors on Xiao, declaring him to be the West King, Lord of 8,000 Years. [ 29 ]
San Jose, which has more than a dozen Mexican restaurants in the Midlands area, opened its newest location this week. It is located at 3340 Highway 378, Leesville. ... This is the 18th San Jose ...