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About Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association

In order to distinguish associations from different regions, there was consensus among the first oversea Chinese that organizations on the West Coast shall be known as “hui guan” (會館) or “tang” (堂) whereas organizations on the East Coast shall be known as “gong suo” (公所)  Read more»

CCBA is in a new administration.  As a result, the Mt. Hope Project is also under new management.  Rick Wong, current President of CCBA, has decided to move ahead with the Mt. Hope Project.  First on his agenda is to improve the joss paper burner.

As you can see from Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the original joss paper burner installed at Mt. Hope is a basic cylinder with a flat surface on the bottom, an open front, a porous semi-circular screen around the back and a covered top.  Many people who go to Mt. Hope  Read More»

 CCBA Mount Hope Project

Recently CCBA officers came across a document which gave perspective to CCBA’s involvement with the Chinese section of Mt. Hope Cemetery.  The document stated that in the 1930s, CCBA bought a piece of land in the city-owned Mt. Hope Cemetery to provide a temporary burial ground for Chinese sojourners whose remains would eventually be sent home to their final resting place, sometimes arranged by CCBA with community donations.  The practice of “going home” in death was disrupted by the war in China against Japanese aggression and later by WWII and the conflict between the Nationalist and the Communist Parties.  So here they remain, in a foreign land where they call home in their afterlife.   Read More»

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