There are many Chinese neighborhoods abroad, why are they all called Chinatown?

First of all, it is because the word "Tang" originates from the Tang Dynasty, which was a period of great influence in the development of China's history, so as early as the Song Dynasty, "Tang" had already become a collective name for China in western countries. They would refer to China as Tang and Chinese people as Tang people.

This historical tradition has continued, and now there is another nickname for the Oriental people, the Tang people. So it's only natural that the places where Chinese people gather abroad become Chinatowns. In fact, in the beginning, these Chinatowns weren't called that, they were just called "Datang Street", and later developed into Chinatowns.

The first formation of Chinatown, is some from China's overseas Chinese, they gathered in a place, in these places to establish a similar belong to the Chinese special activities, because the first foreign country, language barrier, life is inconvenient, so they gathered together to help each other, **** with life, open some small teahouse, snack store and so on.

Later, as more and more people, these places not only have a place to live, and then gradually began to develop the Tang education, cultural and entertainment, etc., began to become a more complete system of streets, so with the more and more prosperous, to live here more and more Chinese, there is an exclusive name, this place has become a Chinatown.