I'm getting conflicting stories here. Was it Canada, or California?
2007-03-29 18:09:39 · 4 answers · asked by * 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I think I meant the 19th century.
2007-03-29 18:10:16 · update #1
The term Gold Mountain was the general misconception made by Asian (mostly Chinese) immigrants about America. When gold was discovered they thought that when they got to California, all they would have to do was pick up big melon-sized nuggets of gold and leave. Turns out they were wrong.
Whole families scrapped together money to send to one first-born and lost a lot.
So, Gold Mountain is California, USA.
Unfortunately, many people give it a general term thinking that "gold mountain" refers to the entire continent of North America such as the misguided user below me.
2007-03-29 18:13:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Even today the people of China call San Francisco, CA - 'Old Gold Mountain'.
2007-03-29 21:23:55 · answer #2 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gold Mountain was a name given to one or more places. One of these was in Utah.... see the source link below.
2007-03-29 18:13:29 · answer #3 · answered by haveahellofaniceday 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/promise/fong.html
Chinese nickname for California
2007-03-29 18:13:16 · answer #4 · answered by Stacy L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋