In 1866, brothers Lee Won Moon and Lee Toy Moon established the flagship Lee Family Association in the back of their Chinese goods store in San Francisco. Like traditional Chinese family and village associations, it offered members security and support during a period when thousands of Chinese had just begun immigrating to California to labor on the Transcontinental Railroad. The Association offered members loans, secured burial plots, and helped settled disputes. Over the next few decades, unaffiliated Lee Family Associations sprang up in Chinatowns across the country. In 1927, 46 cities sent delegates to the association’s first national convention, where they all agreed to consolidate into one entity. While new generations of Chinese Americans don’t tend to seek out the support of such associations, the Lee Family Association still holds regular conventions and the Lee Federal Credit Union boasted $30 million in funds as of 2007.
1866年，Lee Won Moon和Lee Toy Moon兄弟俩在他们位于旧金山的中国货品商店后面建立了旗舰机构李氏公所。就像传统的中国家族和村庄协会一样，当成千上万的中国人刚刚开始移民到加州，在横贯大陆铁路上工作时，它为成员提供了安全保障和支持。该公所向会员提供贷款，担保墓地，并帮助解决纠纷。在接下来的几十年中，美国各地的唐人街涌现出了与此并无关联的李氏公所。1927年，46个城市派代表参加了该协会的第一次全国大会，他们一致同意合并为一个实体。尽管新一代的华裔美国人并不倾向于寻求这样的协会的支持，但李氏公所依然定期举行会议，李氏联邦信用社（Lee Federal Credit Union）自2007年起已经聚积了3000万美元的资金
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