WATCH: Welcome to Chinatown

Sandwiched between Boston's theater and financial districts, Chinatown is home to many of the city's immigrants and a magnet for tourists and Bostonians alike. People flock to the area to sample the many Asian cultures offered by various restaurants, shops and street side boutiques. A symbolic entry gate where Beach Street meets John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road came as a gift to the community from the government of Taiwan. The towering structure bears an inscription that reads: "Tian Xia Wei Gon

Sandwiched between Boston's theater and financial districts, Chinatown is home to many of the city's immigrants and a magnet for tourists and Bostonians alike. People flock to the area to sample the many Asian cultures offered by various restaurants, shops and street side boutiques. A symbolic entry gate where Beach Street meets John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road came as a gift to the community from the government of Taiwan. The towering structure bears an inscription that reads: "Tian Xia Wei Gon…