01/12/2022
We wanted to advertise and share that Sacramento City College (Official) will be having an online elementary Cantonese class. This is very exciting because the class will be remote so anyone who is able to enroll at the college will be able to take it regardless of where they live in California.
📚This class includes grammar and writing, which is great if you are looking to improve your writing skills as well as your Cantonese comprehension skills.📓
☀️ Some history regarding Sacramento’s Chinatown is that Sacramento was seen as the gold rush entry point to California’s northern gold mines. 🏗⚱️Sacramento’s Chinatown (Yee fow) was also known as second port city and was one of the first Chinatown built in early California. Sacramento to Chinatown was important because it allowed Chinese Americans to assimilate into the major society. Sacramento is the state capital and allowed many Chinese Americans to apply for civil service positions available in state government. The availability of these positions created a pathway for Chinese Americans in Sacramento to enter the middle class. Many of the Chinese immigrants who came to Sacramento were from Cantonese-speaking regions. (Chinese American Museum of Northern California)