Artists, business owners shocked and angry after mural defaced in Chinatown

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The artists who created Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea in Vancouver\u0027s Chinatown are used to cleaning up graffiti and tagging on their mural, they\u0027ve done it often since it was created on the side of a building in a back lane between East Georgia and Union streets in 2019.

feels different to them, and to others.

They are also considering ways of including others in the Chinatown community, such as seniors and shopkeepers, in their plans. said Peter Lau, who has run Liang You Book Co. Ltd. for over four decades in the two-storey building which sits on East Georgia Street. The image represents diversity in the people of Chinatown and is based on a well-known Chinese folk tale about how each spirit overcomes adversities in different ways, said Cao.Article content

“Black is very inauspicious in Chinese culture, a very unlucky colour. It scared me to death to see it all painted in black. It’s brings bad fate for Chinatown businesses that have been trying to recover and bring back families and tourists,” said Lau. “How can I do business?”

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Um. It's Chinatown. East Vancouver. This has always been an issue over 30+ years...same as homelessness... Drug addiction on Hastings St. Painting a mural and gentrificating Chinatown isn't going to stop it

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