Fuxue Hutong

Fuxue Hutong

Located in the northwest of Dongcheng District, it stretches east from Dongsi Beidajie, west to Jiaodaokou Nanjie, connects south to Zhongjianzixiang, and north to Beijianzixiang and Wen Chengxiang Hutong. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office.

Fuxue Hutong was part of Jiaozhong Fang during the Ming Dynasty and was called Fuxue Hutong because the Shuntian Prefecture School was situated in this hutong. The Shuntian Prefecture School was originally the Baoying Temple from the Yuan Dynasty. According to records, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a monk built a temple here. Before Buddha statues could be placed inside, the Ming army captured Dadu. Fearing the newly built temple would be taken over by the Ming forces, and having heard that the Ming army protected the location of Confucius, the monk hastily placed a wooden statue of Confucius in the temple. As a result, the Ming army did not enter. However, with the statue already installed, the building could no longer be repurposed. In the early years of the Hongwu reign during the Ming Dynasty, the capital was established in Nanjing, and Dadu was renamed Beiping Fu. Consequently, the Imperial College of the Yuan Dynasty became the Beiping Prefecture School, while Baoying Temple served as the Daxing County School. In the first year of the Yongle reign (1403), Beiping was elevated to Shuntian Fu, and the prefecture school was changed back to the Imperial College. The Daxing and Wanping County Schools were abolished, and the Daxing County School was promoted to the Shuntian Prefecture School. During the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to the Bordered Yellow Banner, and the hutong retained its name, becoming a place where scholars in Beijing studied, learned, and took examinations during both the Ming and Qing dynasties. According to the "Shuntian Prefecture Records," the western part of the Shuntian Prefecture School housed the school palace and the Confucius Temple, the eastern part held the Temple to Wen Chengxiang, and further east was the Temple to Wenchang. On both the east and west sides of the prefecture school were the Yuxian Fang. Some of the halls still exist today. In 1984, it was designated as a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit.

Fuxue Hutong is an important street in Dongcheng District, featuring many historical relics. The courtyard at No. 36 opposite the Shuntian Prefecture School is said to have been the family home of Tian Guifei, the concubine of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, and is now occupied by the Beijing Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau. At the eastern entrance of the hutong is the former residence of Duan Qirui when he served as Premier of the Beiyang Government, which is now the base for the Beijing Armed Police Ninth Detachment.

Jiaodaokou Subdistrict: Jiaodaokou Subdistrict (Jiaodaokou Jiedao) is located in the northwest of Dongcheng District, Beijing. It borders Dongsi Beidajie to the east, Di’anmenwai Dajie to the west, Gulou Dongdajie to the north, and Ping’an Dajie to the south. It is one of the protected areas for traditional Beijing siheyuan (courtyard houses). The area covers 1.45 square kilometers, with a permanent population of 52,800 (as of the end of 2006). It governs 10 communities (as of the end of 2007). The subdistrict office is located at No. Y15, Yuer Hutong, postal code 100009. Code: 110101003: ～001 Jiaodong Community ～002 Fu...  More detailed information about Jiaodaokou Subdistrict++