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District 5 is brimming with its own history, unique to the Hoa people, otherwise known as the Han Chinese-Vietnamese community. Hoa have migrated to Vietnam for centuries as the two countries have quite a long, entangled history, including multiple Chinese dominations of region.Like most stories of immigration, they’ve had a history of clashes with native Vietnamese. Many Hoa fled to the area that would become District 5 in late 1778 after they erroneously supported the ruling Nguyễn clan during a rebellion led by the Tây Sơn family. Once the Tây Sơn took over, they began to retaliate against the Hoa, cumulating in the massacre of 1782 where over 10,000 people were killed.
Thiên Hậu is de Vietnamese transcriptie van de Chinese naam Tianhou ("Keizerin van de Hemel"), een epitheton van de Chinese godin van de zee,
Mutual Aid to Minnetonka Fire at the scene of a house fire
Assisted by: Eden Prairie Fire, Hopkins Fire, St. Louis Park,
Excelsior Fire, Plymouth Fire, Wayzata Fire Long Lake Fire,
Maple Grove Fire along with Minnetonka Police & Hennepin
County Medical Center Paramedics.
When I get back to the hotel by cab today, the taxi driver set the meter at more than twice the rate that I paid for the last few times... I refused to pay the meter fee (as it is obviously flawed, and he also took a non-optimal route as I am so sure after a day of walk) and only paid him what I see fair...