Editing Chinatown (section)

==Chinese settlements==
===History===
*People of [[Fujian]] province used to move over the [[South China Sea]] from the 14th century{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} to look for more stable jobs, in most cases of trading and fishery, and settled down near the port/jetty under approval of the local authority such as [[Magong]] ([[Penghu]]), [[Hoian]] ([[Vietnam]]), [[Songkla]] ([[Thailand]]), [[Malacca]] ([[Malaysia]]), [[Banten]], [[Semarang]], [[Tuban]] ([[Indonesia]]), [[Manila]] (the [[Philippines]]), etc.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} A large number of this kind of settlements was developed along the coastal areal of the [[South China Sea]],{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} and was called "Campon China" by Portuguese account<ref>1613 Description of Malaca and Meridional India and Cathay composed by Emanuel Godinho de Eradia.</ref> and "China Town" by English account.<ref>"We firſt paſſed the lower ground, from thence round the Horſe Stable Hill, to the Hermitage, and ſo by the China Town and brick-ſhades," Modern Hiſtory: Bing a Continuation of the Universal History, Book XIV, Chap. VI. Hiſtory of the Engliſh Eaſt India Company, 1759.</ref>

===Settlement pattern===
*The settlement was developed along a jetty and protected by [[Mazu]] temple, which was dedicated for the Goddess of Sea for safe sailing. Market place was open in front of [[Mazu]] temple, and [[shophouses]] were built along the street leading from west side of the [[Mazu]] temple. At the end of the street, [[Tudigong]] (Land God) temple was placed. As the settlement prospered as commercial town, [[Kuan Ti]] temple would be added for commercial success, especially by people from Hong Kong and Guangdong province. This core pattern was maintained even the settlement got expanded as a city, and forms historical urban center of the Southeast Asia.<ref>Hideo Izumida, Chinese Settlements and China-towns along Coastal Area of the South China Sea: Asian Urbanization Through Immigration and Colonization, 2006, {{ISBN|4-7615-2383-2}}(Japanese version), {{ISBN|978-89-5933-712-5}}(Korean version)</ref>
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File:Hoian-settlement-pattern.jpg|Hoian Settlement Pattern, Vietnam, 1991
File:Pengchau-settlement-pattern.jpg|Pengchau Settlement Pattern, Hong Kong, 1991
File:Penang-Settlement-pattern.jpg|Chinese Settlement in Georgetown, Malaysia, 1991
File:Kucing-settlement-pattern.jpg|Chinese Settlement in Kuching, Malaysia, 1991
File:Kucing-Tinhua1991.jpg|Tin Hau (Goddess of Sea) Temple in Kuching, Malaysia, 1991
File:Kucing-Todigong1991.jpg|[[Tua Pek Kong Temple, Kuching|To Di Gong (Land God) Temple]] at Kuching, 1991
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