An early Chinese worker's settlement in Arrow Town, New Zealand, called the Gold Rush, was in the middle of the last century when a European found gold by the Arrow River, and a large number of gold miners poured in to build the town by the Arrow River, and four years later Chinese laborers continued. Come here to join the gold rush and establish independent settlements, which is now the Chinese settlements we see, most of the Chinese workers were alone, adhering to the spirit of Chinese people not afraid of suffering, not afraid of tiredness, and adhering to their nationalities, naturally forming a self-sufficiency. By the 1870s, there were about 5,000 Chinese workers living in the Otago area in southern New Zealand. I thought New Zealand was a natural landscape country looking at the scenery. I didn’t expect that under such a beautiful environment, there was such a pity. The historical remains can't help but feel a lot
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An early Chinese worker's settlement in Arrow Town, New Zealand, called the Gold Rush, was in the middle of the last century when a European found gold by the Arrow River, and a large number of gold miners poured in to build the town by the Arrow River, and four years later Chinese laborers continued. Come here to join the gold rush and establish independent settlements, which is now the Chinese settlements we see, most of the Chinese workers were alone, adhering to the spirit of Chinese people not afraid of suffering, not afraid of tiredness, and adhering to their nationalities, naturally forming a self-sufficiency. By the 1870s, there were about 5,000 Chinese workers living in the Otago area in southern New Zealand. I thought New Zealand was a natural landscape country looking at the scenery. I didn’t expect that under such a beautiful environment, there was such a pity. The historical remains can't help but feel a lot
Queenstown's Arrow town is home to many Chinese, mostly settled here more than 100 years ago for gold. The Chinese settlements here are communities where Chinese people live together, with many Chinese elements, and the business is very lively. Although it is not like Chinatown, it is worth visiting.
Jianzhen discovered gold in the nineteenth century, so it attracted a large number of gold miners, including Chinese laborers. This Chinese village is the relics of Chinese laborers who were here to gold. Recorded that history. There is a lot of history about labor at the museum in the town of arrow. If you are interested, take a long time to explore it.
This is under the guidance of the archaeological department of the University of Otago, the restoration and reconstruction of the original site has been carried out, reproducing the survival style of the Chinese gold miners. This Chinese settlement was next to Jianzhen, and there are people living nearby, but it feels a little sad when you enter the site. The Chinese people were really too hard at that time, and the houses looked so sad.
These houses were restored and built based on the results of archaeologists' site discovery. The houses are very low and dark, and the windows are small. A short road, there are always signs on the road to introduce the Chinese working and survival here, you can learn a lot of local history.