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.