A presentation of the Binondo groups' exposure trip to the Manila Chinatown.

1. The Dragon of Manila by Binondo Group Report Authors: Noel Buensuceso, MyfelPaluga, Dianne Siriban, Anthony Joseph Edeon, BaiZhihong (Joy) Institution: Asian University Digital Resource Network Website: http://people.audrn.net/group/dragonofmanila Email:

3. Observation

5. Time Old churches (dating back as early as the 1500s), old buildings: the past is alive and well in Binondo. Time and the sense of continuity is what---materially---fully presses into one's sense as one walks through Ongpin Street, the main artery of Chinatown.

8. Juxtapositions Juxtaposing the old and the new, the sacred and the secular, the Pinoy and the Chinese, and the many seemingly clashing objects in multi-purpose space (economy of space), is Binondo's source of strength

14. Xie-xie!Salamatpo! Report Authors: Noel Buensuceso, Myfel Paluga, Dianne Siriban, Anthony Joseph Edeon, Bai Zhihong (Joy) Institution: Asian University Digital Resource Network Website: http://people.audrn.net/group/dragonofmanila Email: