Destination Introduction: Long’an Temple is located at No. 1 Baiqiaonanli, in the northeastern part of Chongwen District. It is a renowned Buddhist temple in the outer city of Beijing. In 1984, it was designated as a cultural relic protection unit of Beijing. The temple was first built in the fifth year of the Jingtai era during the Ming Dynasty (1454). In the thirty-seventh year of the Wanli era (1609), the eminent Sichuan monk Cuilin renovated the three-bay rear hall of the Buddha hall...
Zhongzhu Temple and Zhizhu Temple are located at No. 23, Songzhu Courtyard, behind Jingshan, Dongcheng District. Originally, there were three large temples in a row: Fahui Temple on the east, Zhongzhu Temple in the middle, and Zhizhu Temple on the west. They are situated on the former sites of the Ming Dynasty’s Hanjing Factory and Fajing Factory. Fahui Temple once had five halls in total: the Mountain Gate Hall, the Heavenly King Hall, the Wuliang Hall, the Mahavira Hall, and the Rear Hall. It no longer exists.
Bell Tower Bay Hutong is located in the northwest of the area, north of the Drum Tower, under the jurisdiction of Andingmen Subdistrict Office, and runs from north to south. It starts from the north at Doufu Pond Hutong, with two southern exits leading respectively to Drum Tower West Street and Drum Tower East Street. To the east, it connects with Caochang North Alley, and to the west, it links with Zhongku Hutong, Lingdang Hutong, and Tanggong Hutong. The total length is 757 meters.
The Temple of Senggelinqin is located at No. 47 Kuancheng Street, Dongcheng District. Also known as the Xianzhong Temple, it faces south and consists of a two-courtyard quadrangle structure comprising a ceremonial gate, the main hall, and side halls. The ceremonial gate has three bays, while the east and west wing rooms each have five bays. In front of the second gate stands a stele pavilion containing a stone stele over four meters tall. The front of the stele is inscribed in Manchu, the back is blank, and the sides are carved with dragons. The second gate l
A district-level cultural heritage site. Located in the south of Jiaodaokou, Dongcheng District. The residence faces south and is divided into three parts: a Western-style building in the west, a garden in the middle, and living quarters in the east. It consists of five courtyards, including a reverse-facing wing, a hallway, the main house, and two ancestral halls. Three rooms of the reverse-facing wing and three rooms of the hallway remain, both with flush-gable gray tubular tile roofs. The main house has three rooms, each flanked by a side room, with a three-tiered terrace in front. The roof features gray tubular tiles with flush gables and hip-and-gable ridges, and the corridor is adorned with brackets. The east and west wing rooms each have three rooms with the same roof style as the main house, also featuring corridors and brackets. Doors, windows, and the interior decoration of the main house still retain Qing Dynasty-style designs. The main houses in the fourth and fifth courtyards each have five rooms, with gray tubular tile flush-gable hip-and-gable ridge roofs, and three-room吞corridors (likely "swallowtail corridors") with brackets. The last two ancestral halls are separated from the front courtyard and have their entrance on Shoubi Hutong, at No. 6. The original central garden area of the residence has been completely demolished and replaced with dormitory buildings. Part of the western section has been modified, with a large building to the south and a Western-style pointed two-story building behind it, built in the late Qing Dynasty. This residence was originally the home of Ronglu’s father. Later, Ronglu moved from here to Dongchang Hutong. After Ronglu relocated, the ancestral home in Ju’er Hutong was sold to others, eventually being divided into multiple separate residences.
Xi Zhao Temple, located on Guangqumen Street in Beijing, is situated along Xi Zhao Temple Middle Street. Among the many temples in Beijing, its name has always been considered the most poetic. Xi Zhao Temple is the cleanest temple in the southeastern part of the city. The exact year of its establishment is unknown, though some say it was built during the Ming Dynasty as a branch monastery for monks from Zhejiang on the Western Hills.
The National Museum of China was officially established on February 28, 2003, and is directly under the Ministry of Culture. Built upon the foundations of the former Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution, it is a comprehensive museum primarily focused on history and art, systematically showcasing the long and rich cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. The Museum of Chinese History...
Shuntian Prefecture Hall is located at No. 45 Donggong Street, Dongcheng District. It was the main hall within the Shuntian Prefecture Office during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Shuntian Prefecture was responsible for affairs in the capital region, overseeing areas including Daxing County, Wanping County, and 22 nearby counties and prefectures. The original Shuntian Prefecture Hall had three grand gates. Between the second and third gates, to the west, were the Bao Gong Temple, Prison God Temple, prison, the battalion commander’s office.
Duan Qirui's Residence is located in Cangnan Hutong (formerly known as Jizhao Hutong). Originally, this property was the residence of Yunhu, the 22nd son of Emperor Kangxi during the Qing Dynasty. During the Beiyang government era, it came into the possession of Duan Qirui. The estate covers an area of 22,642 square meters. During Duan’s residency, the original residence was renovated. The central axis retains a main hall with a tubular tile roof and a width of nine bays.
Dongmianhua Hutong isn’t very deep, yet it can be found on Beijing’s map. Like its neighboring hutongs—Bingmasi, Maor, and Yu’ensi—Dongmianhua is about a zhang wide, paved with cement, and lined mostly with traditional-style residences. Peek into a small courtyard, and you might spot what looks like an imposing Qing-era gate, half-ajar, with finely carved wooden door knockers visible from the front, and solemn stone door knockers standing upright—there must have been horse tethering posts outside the gate back in the day.
Madame Tussauds is a wax museum located in London, England. It has branches in Amsterdam, New York, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Wuhan, and Las Vegas, with its Shanghai branch in China opening in 2006. The wax museum was founded by wax sculptor Madame Tussaud.
Xijiaomin Lane is located in the southern part of Xicheng District, Beijing, and together with "Dongjiaomin Lane," it forms the longest hutong (alleyway) in Beijing. It stretches from Tiananmen Square in the east to Beixinhua Street in the west, intersecting with Yangmao Hutong, Qianxiwachang Hutong, Nian'er Hutong, Ping'an Hutong, West Huìyìtáng Street, and Bingbuwa Hutong along the way. Xijiaomin Lane has been...
A central government agency in late Qing China responsible for foreign affairs, dispatching envoys abroad, as well as overseeing trade, coastal defense, tariffs, mining and railways, postal and telegraph services, military industry, the Tongwen Guan (School of Combined Learning), and sending students overseas. Initially called the Zongli Geguo Tongshang Yamen (Office for the Management of the Business of All Foreign Countries), it was commonly referred to as the Zongli Yamen, the Zongshu, or the Yishu. In the tenth year of the Xianfeng reign (1860), after the Qing government signed treaties with Britain,
Bai Gongfang can be regarded as the premier artisan district in Beijing. Upon full completion, it will cover a total area of 42,000 square meters, encompassing nearly 100 artistic disciplines, with over a hundred master craftsmen and artists establishing distinctive workshops and studios. The museum’s exhibition includes a core main display area and a comprehensive exhibition zone, along with supporting facilities such as an audiovisual education area, academic exchange and seminar space, authentication zone, and
Dongjiaominxiang is the longest hutong in Beijing, stretching approximately 3 kilometers in total from the east side of Tiananmen Square in the west to Chongwenmen Inner Street in the east. Every city has lanes of various sizes—Beijing calls them “hutongs,” which originated in the Yuan Dynasty. For centuries, these hutongs have been like blood vessels, closely intertwined with the lives of Beijingers.
The former site of the Christian Bible Society is located at No. 21 Dongdan North Street. It is a building that blends Chinese and Western architectural styles, constructed in 1926 with donations from the Bible Society of Maryland, USA, and is a representative structure of the Christian church. …
Huang Temple is located on Huangsi Street outside Andingmen in Beijing. Since there are two temples — one to the east and one to the west — it is also called Shuang Huang Temple (Double Huang Temple). The East Huang Temple, also known as Pujing Chanlin, was built in the eighth year of the Shunzhi reign during the Qing Dynasty for the Tibetan Buddhist leader Tenzin Dondrub Gyatso. The West Huang Temple was constructed in the ninth year of the Shunzhi reign. The Fifth Dalai Lama stayed here during his visit to Beijing before returning to Tibet. In the forty-fifth year of the Qianlong reign, the Sixth Panchen Lama came to Beijing, and the West Huang Temple became his meditation residence.
Located within Dongzhimen, Guijie stretches from the western section of the Dongzhimen Overpass on the Second Ring Road in the east to the eastern end of Jiaodaokou East Street in the west. Along this over one-kilometer-long street, food and beverage services make up 90% of the more than 150 commercial establishments, boasting a restaurant density that is arguably unmatched elsewhere in Beijing. For this reason, Guijie is also known as Beijing’s dining street.
During the Ming Dynasty, Wudaoying Hutong was called Wudeweiying, and the name became distorted during the Qing Dynasty. Although the name no longer bears any resemblance to its original meaning, it originally referred to an area where military troops were stationed. Today, Wudaoying Hutong is home to many interesting, atmospheric specialty restaurants, cafés, and boutique shops, with traditional courtyard homes and residential houses just behind them. In the morning, you can see elderly ladies wearing slippers and carrying enamel bowls on their way out to buy tofu pudding. At night, fashionable artsy youth roam the area. Foreigners ride bicycles freely through the hutong, children play in the sand piles, and if you’re lucky, you might even hear the traditional call of “Sharpening scissors… grinding knives!”
The Poly Art Museum was established in December 1999 as the first museum founded by a major state-owned enterprise on the Chinese mainland. Its mission is to promote traditional Chinese culture and art, as well as to rescue and protect national treasures scattered overseas. The museum consists of two main sections: bronze ware and stone carvings.