Virtual Museum & Virtual Library

In the course of answering questions directed to this website and developing exhibits and demonstrations for community displays and for CHCP and History San Jose events (e.g. the Chinese Summer Festival, Transportation Day, etc.), CHCP has accumulated information that was too interesting to keep in storage. It was also evident that there are many artifacts available in the community, which would be of interest to those with appreciation of Chinese American and Chinese history and culture. With this in mind, CHCP has begun to prepare this information for a Virtual Museum & Virtual Library.

Music

• Traditional Musical Instruments
• Chinese Drums
• Bianzhong Bells

Chinese Customs

• Chinese Wedding Traditions
• Chinese Wedding Tea Ceremony
• Chinese Wedding Foods
• Chinese Numerology
• Traditional Chinese Games
• Chinese Lion
• San Jose’s Golden Dragon

Chinese Festivals and Celebrations

• Chinese New Year
• Da Jui: Feast of the Hungry Ghosts
• Ching Ming: Grave-Sweeping Day
• Moon Festival

Chinese in the New World

• Barrio Chino: Chinatown in the Caribbean
• Asian/Pacific American Military Timeline
• Voyage of the Frolic
• Chinese Railroad Workers
• Woolen Mills Chinatown
• Heinlenville Chinatown
• Historic Chinese American Cemetery, San Jose, CA
• Tracing the Origin of the Fortune Cookie

Decorative Arts

• Embroidered Silk
• Horseshoe Armchairs (and Chinese Joinery)
• Foo Dog

Miscellaneous

• Altar Vessel
• The Pagoda: An Ancient Shrine
• Ancient Seismometer
• Tea’s Wonderful History
• Market Street Chinatown Archaeology Project