Arch of Chinatown
Imperial-style Chinese gateway of red lacquer, gold leaf, dragons and phoenixes spanning a city street.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Arch of Chinatown in Manchester starts with a council promise made in September twenty twenty-six, then goes back to the winter of nineteen eighty-six, when a gate built in China arrived in three containers. It follows the craftsmen from Beijing, the dragons and phoenixes on the roof, and an old recipe for mortar meeting a very different climate. Best heard standing just beneath the beams, looking up at the tiles.
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