LAST WEEKEND I WENT TO PARTAKE IN A FUN FESTIVAL OF THE CHINESE. I GLIMPSED ONLY A FEW MINUTES THEIR DRAGON DANCERS. THEN THEY HAD A GROUP OF CHINESE DRESS UP AND SING IN MOSTLY CHINESE LANGUAGE. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. THERE WERE FEW CHINESE PARTICIPATING. HOWEVER, I MET AN ANGLO LADY WHO WAS PART OF A CHINESE ASSOCIATION IN SANTA ROSA AND WAS VERY INFORMATIVE, THEY ALSO HAD CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES. A MASTER LED US IN SOME STRETCHING EXERCISES CALLED TAI CHI. IT WAS INTERESTING AND SOME POSES WERE DIFFICULT, BUT HE KEPT ENCOURAGING US.
UPSTAIRS THEY HAD A DISPLAY OF THE CHINESE AND ABOUT 5.2% OF THE POPULATION IN SANTA ROSA IS ASIAN (KOREAN, CAMBODIAN, LAOTIAN, OR CHINESE OR VIETNAM). THEY DO BELIEVE IN PAST LIVES. AS I TOURED THE MUSEUM A GENTLEMAN WHO PLAYED THE KEYBOARD SAID HE WAS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE HISTORY OF THE CHINESE HERE. HE KNEW ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE PHOTO GRAPHS AND HE WAS ALSO A DOCTOR. HE SAID MOST CHINESE MOVED TO FRESNO WHEN THEIR BUSINESS DID NOT WORK. THEY HAD MAPS DEPICTING THE LOCATION OF CHINATOWN IN SANTA ROSA ON 2ND AND D STREET IN 1888 TO 1904. THE ANGLOS BURNT IT MANY TIMES. THEY EVEN HAD A TEMPLE WHICH WAS THE KEY TO THEIR LIFE. MOST FOLKS WERE CANTONESE. SOME WERE CARETAKERS, RESTAURANT OWNERS, AND VERY MANY WERE GAMBLERS. THE FIRST PERSON WHO HAD A RESTAURANT WAS JAN PIE IN 1876. EVERY SMALL TOWN USED TO HAVE A CHINA TOWN.
CHESTER ARNOLD WHO IS INTERNALLY KNOWN PAINTS IN OIL S AND HIS INTEREST IS IN TREES AND LOGS. HE IS INTERESTED IN ADDRESSING CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL CONSUMPTION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND WASTE. HE PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON LANDSCAPES WITH LARGE FORMATS. HE IS TECHNICALLY CALLED A REALIST, AND HIS PAINTINGS POSE PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR EXISTENCE WITH NATURE.
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