Shichahai Hutong Attractions
Located at the No. 77 Di’anmenwai St. of Xicheng District, the Huo Shen Temple, or The Fire God Taoist Temple is a National-Level Cultural Relics Preservation Unit. The architecture was possibly built in the Yuan Dynasty and was renovated once in 1605 (Ming Dynasty) and once 1759 (Qing Dynasty). The Beijing municipal and district governments […]
Guanghua Temple, built in the Yuan Dynasty, is a famous Buddhist temple in Beijing. It is also the location of the Beijing Buddhist Association. It is at the north bank of Houhai Lake in the scenic Shichahai. It is west to the Yindin Bridge, adjacent east to Madam Song Qingling Mansion . This splendid temple […]
The Drum Tower is located at the north end of Dianmenwai street. They are a group of ancient buildings at the north end of the central axis from south to north in the ancient capital of Beijing. With a long history, they were once the time-keeping Centre in the capital of the Yuan, Ming and […]
It is a narrow channel joining Qianhai Lake and the Houhai Lake, the hub of Shichahai area with surrounding quiet hutongs. In the history, it was very much like a silver ingot upside down. Later, it went through some changes, but it still keeps in its shape. Li Dongyang, a Ming Dynasty person, once called […]
Beijing Prince Gong’s Mansion is located in the northern shore of Prince Gong’s Mansion Shichahai is the world’s largest courtyard, but also today, Beijing, more than 60 blocks in the Qing Dynasty palace to save the most complete one. Divided into two parallel east, central and western three-way. Road building is the three main sites, […]
The Shichahai area is the ideal destination. It is located situated in the west of old Beijing. It used to be part of the old Grand Canal of the Yuan Dynasty 600 years ago. And now it is circled by the former palaces of ministers, temples, well-kept Siheyuans (quadrangle) as well as residences of celebrities […]