Prepare to be dazzled during this year’s Heritage Day festival, on August 27 at the historic China Camp Village. See the vibrantly-colored costumes of rhythmic lion dancers, and listen to the harmonious strumming of the guzheng. You can also try your hand at mahjong, join a Chinese brush-painting lesson, learn a new tai chi technique, and experience a life-size replica of a shrimp-fishing junk.

China Camp is a hidden gem located on San Pablo Bay that was once was a small fishing village where in the late 1800s Chinese immigrants fished for shrimp. Today it is a popular spot with hikers, bicyclists and picnickers. This weekend is the annual Heritage Day celebrating the original Chinese shrimp fisherman for whom the place is named.