The intersection of Grant Avenue and California Street is its center, home to about 80,000 overseas Chinese. Everything written and heard here is in Chinese, and everything you see is very traditional in China, just like a little China. Chinatown has all the goods from China, from groceries to precious jewelry, as well as traditional catering and architectural clothing, so visitors can enjoy the colorful China culture as much as possible. Good places in Chinatown are, for example, Tianhou Palace, fortune cookie factory in San Francisco and Portsmouth Square. Portsmouth Square, 1839, originally as a public gathering place in the town of Buena in Yerba, has now become a gathering place for Chinese. In the morning, you can see people practicing Tai Ji Chuan, and in the evening, you can see people playing poker and mahjong. The most striking place in Chinatown is the Chinatown gate on Grant Street. It was designed by Clayton Lee and built in 1970. Its materials were donated by the Cultural Development Committee of Taiwan Province Province and Chinatown. Besides, many traditional shops, restaurants and old houses can be seen in Chinatown Hutong between Grant Avenue and stockton Street. Chinatown is still very lively until around 10 in the evening, which is safer than other areas. Besides, you can walk a distance north from here to Broadway, which is the best nightlife area in San Francisco.
Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge was built in 1937, with a cost of $35.5 million. It is one of the largest single-span suspension bridges in the world. The total length of the Golden Gate Bridge is 2,780 meters, and the height from the sea surface to the center of the bridge is about 67.84 meters. There are two 227-meter-high towers at both ends of the bridge. At both ends of the Golden Gate Bridge Orange Island Bridge, steel columns stand and are connected by thick steel cables. The midpoint of the steel cable hangs down, almost close to the bridge body, and the steel cable and the bridge body are connected by thin steel cables. The whole Golden Gate Bridge looks simple and magnificent. In memory of designer and engineer Strauss, people put his bronze statue on the bridge. On the day when the Golden Gate Bridge was completed, 200,000 people happily crossed the bridge to celebrate this day. Today, the Golden Gate Bridge is one of the busiest bridges in the world, with about 654.38 million cars rumbling by every day.
The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the world-famous bridges and is regarded as a miracle of modern bridge engineering. The designer of the Golden Gate Bridge is engineer Strauss, and people put his bronze statue beside the bridge to commemorate his contribution to the United States. This bridge stands on the Golden Gate Strait in California, USA, with a width of 1900 meters. The Golden Gate Strait is the entrance to San Francisco Bay, with steep banks and deep waterways. It was discovered by British explorer Francis Drake in 1579 and named after him.
Fisherman's wharf
Fisherman's Wharf used to be the berth of Italian fishermen, and now it is the most popular place in San Francisco, full of excitement all year round. The cancer sign at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Taylor Street is a symbol of Fisherman's Wharf. Tourists from all over the world come to San Francisco to enjoy a fresh and delicious seafood dinner. There are also Ocean Park Museum and so on near the pier.
The sign of Fisherman's Wharf is a circular billboard with a big crab. Find the "big crab" and you will find the fisherman.
The pier is the first choice for San Francisco to taste seafood. The coastal area near Fisherman's Wharf is rich in delicious seafood such as crab, shrimp, abalone, cuttlefish, sea urchin, salmon, mackerel and cod. The best time to taste seafood is from June to June every year. At this time, when you come to Fisherman's Wharf, people can eat the excellent Dan Kenneth Crab. The cooking method of seafood is very simple. Braised pork, salt and pepper, which will destroy the original flavor of seafood, have been replaced by boiled meat. Without the cover of spices, the freshness, tenderness and cooking temperature of seafood are vividly reflected, and the degree of delicacy is beyond words.
Lombard Street in Jiuqu Flower Street
Diagonal street is a major feature of San Francisco. The section from Balang Street to Liwen Street is a steep downhill. In order to prevent traffic accidents, the municipal authorities specially built flower beds. At this point, the car can only spiral down, and the speed cannot exceed 5 miles per hour. Therefore, this section of street is called "the most crooked street in the world". When you come to San Francisco, most tourists come to test their driving skills. The flower beds on both sides of the driveway are full of roses, and every household on both sides of the street also plants flowers and grass at the door. When the flowers bloom, it looks like a velvet embroidery hanging obliquely from a distance, which is beautiful, so it has the reputation of "Flower Street".