guangfuguan

Guangfu Temple was built in 1459. It’s located at Yandouxiejie near Shishahai. As a Taoist temple, it’s divided into East and West court. The East Court is well kept, the gate, nave, apse and other buildings remain alive, for the West court, the only remaining parts are 3 main hall, 3 allocated units.

Yandaixie Street

Yandaixie Street is in between Gulou and Houhai. The narrow entrance is almost unnoticeable, but the short street (only about 300 meters long) packed with antique shops sell traditional arts and crafts, fashionable clothes.

Beijing Antique Shop

At Shichahai area, you could easily find antique shops that sell traditional Chinese art work. Some of the buildings at the area date back to the Jin Dynasty. From the time of the Yuan Dynasty it was the northernmost part of the Grand Canal linking Hangzhou in the south to Beijing in the North of China. Because of this the Shichahai area used to be the most important commercial district with all kinds of activities going on.

Wangfujing Food Street

You can find almost any style of Chinese food to eat at Wangfujing Food Street.

Beijing Cloisonne Store

Cloisonne is an ancient metalworking technique. Many countries have made jewelry, vases and other crafts using this technique. But Beijing Cloisonne is considered as the best at doing it.

At the restored Qianmen Street, you can see the shop sells various Cloisonne vases. A giant vases displayed the store is taller than a human.

Rui Fu Xiang Hong Ji

Ruifuxiang is one of the long-standing chain of silk stores in Northern China. There are three Ruifuxiang stores at Dazhalan, outside Qianmen.

The first flag of People’s Republic of China raised in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on 1 October 1949 was made by Ruifuxiang.