Chinese herbal products: The roughly dozen ornate herbal medicine shops lining the arteries of Chinatown are one of the last remaining cultural gateways linking present day to the century-old settlement by Canada early Chinese immigrants starting in 1890, according to Vancouver Courier. Some like Kiu Shun Trading Company established in 1977, which claims to be Western Canada first store to carry a full line of traditional Chinese herbal products, are nearly replicas of a faraway history. But instead of fearing the changes it represents for the neighbourhood, Chung says herbal medicine shops like the one he has worked in for six years, Cheung Sing Herbal and Birds Nest Co., will live on for at least another decade. They’re examples of a durable bond between Canadians sharing a common heritage. Arriving at the store for a recent visit, he strode assertively past the rows of jarred sea cucumbers and ginseng to the back of the shop to see a licensed herbalist. That enduring trust accumulated over decades brought 92-year-old Tu Wan Fung, a resident on Victoria Drive, to the Kiu Shung store located on Keefer Street.
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