Dashilan Commercial Street

Dashilan Commercial Street is Beijing's oldest and best-known and because of the unique ancient markets and bustling downtown business. East from Qianmen Street, west to Coal Street, a narrow street, on both sides of the shop, the firm Lin crowded all day, this flow of people, Beijing travel and it buzzes. Within the range of 1.26 square kilometers of the Dashilan Commercial Street, save a lot of authentic old buildings. These ancient buildings and among them, "Wonderful" is the ancient capital of an important cultural treasures and cultural resources.

The origin of the Dashilan Commercial Street, dates back to the Ming Dynasty, Xiao Zhong Hongzhi first year. At that time, "curfews" in order to prevent the thieves hidden within the streets, moved to approval by the DPRK in Beijing streets crossing a wooden fence. According to the Qing Imperial make the typical examples of "records, Yongzheng approved in 2007 outside the city fence 440, Beijing day Tour the inner city Qianlong 18 years approved fence 1919, the Imperial City, inside the bar 196. Dashilan originally the Langfang four, because the alley fence produced excellent long-term reservations, and also larger and gradually become the name of this street.

Now, in addition to the hustle and bustle of everything has changed, Dashilan commercial street in the feudal dross is cleared, there is a commercial street scene, in addition to the site of an old silk shop, Rui Xiang beetle silk shop, inline l shoe store Liu Biju pickles shop, Rong Bao Zhai, the four treasures of the outside of the slowly revealing the luster of a century, Tong Ren Tang, Zhang Yi Yuan Tea House, Changchun Church Yueshengzhai cooked meat shop doors to update; many exotic flavor diet According to the party, forming a new food culture characteristics.

Here you can buy some traditional ancient arts and crafts, head for the unique taste of the century-old, feel old Beijing marketplace characteristics. Of course, to buy things, do not forget to bargain.

The Dashilan region was the birthplace of the quintessence of the art treasures of Beijing Opera and Xuannan Wen organic blend of literati culture and civilian culture it has a rich cultural heritage and dignified historical atmosphere.

The Dashilan with more than 580 years of history, with renowned overseas Tong Ren Tang, inline liters, Rui Xiang beetle, Liu Biju more than 30 centuries old, has been the traditional commercial center of the main. From the last century since the 1980s, Beijing Xingang Port Tour the construction and development of the region is lagging behind, but traditional city elements of traditional architecture and urban fabric, commercial old folk culture can be basically retained its unique style, integrity, ornamental unique in the Beijing city center, is to constitute an important part of the Beijing capital of historical memory and the ancient capital. Dashilan Street as a thriving commercial downtown, has many unique operating characteristics and representativeness of the old shops.