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Red Gate & Gallery - DongbianMen Tower
Soshow EntertainMent Shopping Mall
Located due North of Niu Jie Mosque and FaYuan Si - Source of The Law Temple, Bao Guo Temple Fair is a nice detour. Enjoy browsing the Temples Flea-Market, then stroll through the surrounding Hutong. All just a Few Hundred Meters away from Busy Beijing's Inner City traffic. Bao Guo Temple is neither an astounding Architectural Feat, nor a very large Market offering 1000's of goods and items. It is however a charming getaway and close enough to other Landmarks of Interest.
Hidden away in the Hutong streets of the Xuanwu district, just east of and very near Ox Street (Niu Jie) we find the romantic Fayuansi or Temple of the Source of the Law. Fayuansi is a very tranquil but active Buddhist temple, home to the China Buddhist College. A fine example of Chinese Temple layout and an interesting & soothing place to spend your time. Dotted with buddhist art and many a deity , this modest but colorful Temple
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At Ox Street (Niu Jie) a wide but not very conspicuous main street cutting North-South through the Xuanwu district , we find Ox Street Mosque, the main Temple of the Hui'. The hui are China's most ancient Islamic Minority and have a status as such. Browse around the interesting Mosque , the main prayer hall is reserved for Muslims only. Get the ethnic feeling of the Hui district by walking the hutong streets.
Don't forget the Hui Islamic Headquarters of China located just around the Corner to the South ! Combined with a visit to the Fayuansi , just East of Ox street hidden in the Hutong , a visit to Niu Jie can be a joyfull change from the usual Chinese crowds and neighborhoods.
Hong Qiao Pearl & Silk Market
Li Yuan Peking Opera Theatre at the Jianghuo Hotel. A Grand Spectacle of Peking Opera in a large Theatre with english and other langage translations and subtitling, all for the pleasure of visiting Tourists. But don't let this bother you as the show is excellent and costumes are as ever a joy to watch move.
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Ming Dynasty City Wall relics Park
TiYuGuan Lu - "Sports Street"
Located directly South of TiananMen Square on the extreme eastern edge of Xuanwu District Dazhalan Shopping Street is not only easy to locate , it is also conveniently close to most important Hotels. This historic street , with shops that date back to the eunuchs of the Imperial House and other Ancient rich and powerful families is a joy to the eye
and very handy and fun for
the wanting tourist shopper.
Get your tips and introduction here !
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Chongwen Fire God Temple
The Ox Street Area and Xuanwu District regularly celebrate the rich (islamic) minority backgrounds of it's Citizens. These Posters announce a coming festival.
of the again rather corrupt, KuoMinTang National
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Tiantan - Temple of Heaven Park.
Not less than the oldest wooden theatre in China, the Zheng Yici Temple cannot be missed by any Peking Opera Fan or enthousiast. The purest experience possible inside the oldest wooden theatre located in a small corner of the Beijing Hutong, the Zheng Yici Theatre has it all. Go see for yourself and experience the Theatre that once played Peking Opera Master Mister Mei Lanfang himself !
Located near the Eastern edge of Xuanwu just of the Central Axis TianQiao NanDajie', Wansheng Theatre continues with a new name but an long and impressive history. For long the leading acrobatics theatre of the City of Beijing and North China, the theatre now enjoys some competition from more modernly housed theatres. The Wansheng Theatre however remains at the Top of Chinese Acrobatics.
Not very well known so far The Temple of Heavenly Tranquillity with it's unique 13 story stone pagoda is the oldest structure in the City of Beijing ! Visit this national buddhist relic with bases dating back to the 4th Century Northern Wei Dynasty. TianNing Pagoda itself was constructed in 1119 AD under Liao Emperor Tian Ching, and is preserved very much in it's original style and form. The Pagoda has stood the test of time remarkably and has now been renovated.
Hutong of QianMen Area
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fills the visitor with athmospheres from Imperial Days and Buddhist Monks. Please enjoy our multipage photographic digital Tour.
Hidden way in the Hutong on the far western stretch of Dashilan West Street, the Yin Jishi Hostel offers clean housing in an authentic SihYuan (Square Courtyard) House. Clean and equipped with internet, the Far East Hostel gives the Best Hutong Experience
QianMen - Former Front Gate
Hidden way in the Hutong on the far western stretch of Dashilan West Street, the Yin Jishi Hostel offers clean housing in an authentic SihYuan (Square Courtyard) House. Clean and equipped with internet, the Far East Hostel gives the Best Hutong Experience
Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall
Hidden way in the Hutong on the far western stretch of Dashilan West Street, the Yin Jishi Hostel offers clean housing in an authentic SihYuan (Square Courtyard) House. Clean and equipped with internet, the Far East Hostel gives the Best Hutong Experience
Hutong of the ChongwenMen Area
At Ox Street (Niu Jie) a wide but not very conspicuous main street cutting North-South through the Xuanwu district , we find Ox Street Mosque, the main Temple of the Hui'. The hui are China's most ancient Islamic Minority and have a status as such. Browse around the interesting Mosque , the main prayer hall is reserved for Muslims only. Get the ethnic feeling of the Hui district by walking the hutong streets.
Don't forget the Hui Islamic Headquarters of China located just around the Corner to the South ! Combined with a visit to the Fayuansi , just East of Ox street hidden in the Hutong , a visit to Niu Jie can be a joyfull change from the usual Chinese crowds and neighborhoods.
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Beijing Amusement Park
The Concrete Revolution - critical chinese made documentary film on the destruction of Hutong of Beijing and the creation of the Olympic City of 2008. Buy it ! - Click Here
The Mosque of the now former ChongwenMen Hutong, a muslim hutong district of Beijing.
West Flower Market Street Mosque
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The Book by Fellow Travelers & Explorers Annie Coburn (USA), Zhu XiaoJian (China) and Lorin Bruckner.
The Southern and Outermost Gate of the Old Imperial Capital of Beijing is the YongdingMen. Although constructed not in the Ming but Ching Dynasty Era and destroyed in the 1900 AD "Boxer War", the original YongdingMen was enough of a historic Monument to be rebuilt recently on a smallerscale. Go and Visit and/or see the Report !
