A cultural travel trip in Beijing, you have to watch it.

Beijing weather: sunny

Accommodation: Unnamed Courtyard Hotel

If you come to Beijing for sightseeing and want to be more artistic, you can stay in a courtyard hotel in Nanluoguxiang. The location is better. There are convenience stores in the alley. It is not far from the Forbidden City and Prince Gong’s Mansion. The Olympic Sports Center is directly accessible by subway. The soft environment and service are good. There are welcome fruit plates, yogurt, and Chinese and Western options for breakfast. Compared with other hotels, this place can be regarded as a real courtyard house, with screen walls, surrounded by houses on three sides, and there are guzheng and Shiqin in the public area, which is more classical. Booked a family room, it is more convenient to bring a baby, and also provide free costumes for guests to take pictures. This is the first step of a cultural tour.

Qianmen/Dashilan/Xianyukou, these old Nancheng landmarks;
Beijing Square/Yangmeizhu Xiejie/Changxiang Toutiao, these fashion landmarks that are emerging nowadays;
The Qianmen area has attracted countless tourists/indigenous people, and they have made appointments with their companions to find out!

Front door

Speaking of Zhengyangmen, people may not have too many impressions;
Speaking of archery towers, it may not be clear which one is the city gate and which one is the archery tower;
But when it comes to Qianmen, it will be reflected that it is the city gate on the south side of Tiananmen Square...

But... The front door in our hearts today was during the Republic of China. It was refurbished by German designers and has many European elements. It is a building with a combination of Chinese and Western elements. It is also the only remaining archery tower in the city today.

Zhengyangmen

Qianmen Arrow Tower

This building facing the front of Qianmen Street also appears in the photo of an archway called Zhengyang Bridge. On Qianmen Street, there are traces of the Dingdang tram opened in the Republic of China and the old shops hand-picked by Qianlong, and it has gradually become a slightly low-end commercial street...
But there are still various shops worth checking in on the east and west sides!

Zhengyang Bridge

Qianmen Street

Roast duck restaurant

There are several hundred-year-old roast duck restaurants in the alley on the east side, some of which are also flagship stores in Dashilan, and they have received constant praise!

📍 Liqun Roast Duck Restaurant

It first appeared on Lonely Planet and attracted countless foreigners to come to taste the old Hutong restaurant. It is said that it was a restaurant opened by a famous chef from Quanjude in his own home. There is an English advertisement on the wall. This is the only one. Until now, people have to queue up for a limited time. One hour meal, very hot.

Liqun Roast Duck Restaurant

📍 Four Seasons Minfu Roast Duck Restaurant
The focus of the Four Seasons Minfu chain store is to choose a location with a unique view of the capital. For example, the Forbidden City store is located outside the Donghua Gate on Nanchizi Street. The Internet celebrities in the scenic spot also attracted many people. By the way, they tasted the new school Creative Beijing dishes, as well as exquisite roast duck, have become the first choice restaurant for young people
📍 Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant
A flagship store at the east end of Xianyukou, after Quanjude, another store with high cost performance, very suitable for family banquets
📍 Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
The earliest existing chain store, also speaking of roast duck, will intuitively come to mind, the three words endorsed by Beijing roast duck

📍Shumai in one place

It was a century-old shop handpicked by Qianlong. It mainly sells all kinds of siu mai, breakfast tea and snacks, and must order Beijing dishes. The location is very good, it can be used as a foothold for breakfast in the morning and tea break in the afternoon.

Duyi Shaomai Restaurant Dashilan

Dazha (shi) Lan (la) generally refers to the entire area starting from Langfang Toutiao in the north, Meishi Street in the west and Jewelry Market in the east, including Dashilan Commercial Street. There are many time-honored shops in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them, Ruifuxiang, Xiangyihao, Neiliansheng, Daguanlou, etc., all have unique historical significance and architectural facades. It is worth further understanding the stories behind them.
There were also major inns, theaters, photo studios, bathing pools, etc. at the time of prosperity and prosperity. Jewelry City also hides the narrowest Qianshi Alley in the capital.

In the Dashilar area, there are also several time-honored specialties worth visiting!

Dashilan

📍 Menjia Hutong stewed for a century

On the right hand side after entering Langfang Sitiao, there is an alley to the north called the door frame alley. When you smell an irresistible smell, it is the old door frame stewed shop. Cut the tofu into triangles, chop the small intestines and lungs into small pieces, pour a spoonful of old soup from the pot, and then mix with mashed garlic, fermented bean curd, chili oil, leek flowers, and coriander. cook. In addition to boiled stew, there are also traditional and authentic snacks such as fried enema, fried noodles, and fried crunch.
Tips: Another small Chen Luzhu restaurant, in Langfang Ertiao, is also worth trying!

Old door frame marinated and boiled

📍 Belly Feng

Explosive belly, probably the first is the blinds that are familiar in the old Beijing shabu-shabu restaurants, and it is also a must-order dish. However, in the time-honored shops that specialize in fried belly, there are many sub-categories to distinguish different parts, such as belly kernels, loose orders, mushroom heads, etc. At the same time, in order to avoid inappropriate cooking when you cook the pot, how long do you need to cook according to the different parts? With many years of experience, the order of serving is also very particular. After it is presented in front of customers, it is dipped in sesame sauce and eaten. There is also a simple version of shabu-shabu with cabbage and water-boiled lamb.

Belly Feng

📍 Xincheng Noodle Shop

The 60-year-old state-owned store reopened at the end of 2016. The environment is the nostalgic style of the early 1950s. It mainly sells old Beijing fried noodles and also has various snacks. Since the location is on the main street, it is a bit noisy with tourists coming in, but the taste is quite authentic. After eating, I have a bowl of hot noodle soup, which is very satisfying!

Xincheng Sliced Noodle Restaurant

Xincheng Sliced Noodle Restaurant Beijing Square

Beijing Fang, as an open slow-enjoyment space built by the Nancheng government in 2017 with Quanyechang as the center and a combination of Chinese and Western buildings to showcase cultural and artistic life, is a new life experience area that is both classic and fashionable. It has attracted countless high-end literary and artistic businesses to settle in, and it has also led a new landmark in Beijing after Sanlitun Village!

beijing square

📍 PageOne Bookstore

It is one of the first batch of stores to open. For Beijing Square, which was relatively deserted last fall, it already has a lot of fans, and at the same time, it has won many new fans by relying on the unique design sense of the interior decoration. The first floor is generally filled with daily bestsellers, music paintings, foreign novels, etc., and the children's reading area on the second floor and the coffee sharing space on the third floor are gradually opened. It is worth mentioning that the unique position of the three-story floor-to-ceiling windows allows you to see the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, Qianmen and the watchtower at a glance.

Page One

📍 Starbucks selected flagship store

In addition to the bakery shop in Shanghai, another masterpiece of Starbucks! Since its opening at the end of June, Starbucks fans have come to check in to celebrate the weekend, but it is far less shocking than the Shanghai store (subjective evaluation)... The first floor is to interpret the flavors of different coffee beans with different creative inspirations, which is more intuitive. Let customers know about coffee. The second floor is the new tea of Teawana, as well as the unique murals of the imperial city. The third floor is the first independent wine tasting space in China.

starbucks coffee

📍MUJI Hotel

After hearing that Shenzhen opened the first MUJI hotel in China, all MUJI fans are looking forward to staying there for one night to experience the real MUJI style. In addition to the physical store in the basement area, there are also books related to home design and recipes from various places on the first floor, providing a quieter reading space, as well as light meals from MUJI cafe&meal. At the same time, Beijing's first MUJI dinner, an open-air Japanese dinner on the third floor, was established.

MUJI Hotel

📍Voyage Coffee

Compared with the boutique coffee shop in Beiluoguxiang Hutong, this branch in Beijing Fangli is particularly tall and high-grade. The large floor-to-ceiling windows provide sufficient lighting, with simple wooden tables and chairs, and a bright and spacious back-shaped operating table. Let customers get closer to the barista, and a cup of excellent hand-brewed coffee also comes from the environment and the barista.

VOYAGE COFFEE

📍 ziinlife

An offline physical store of creative home furnishing from Shanghai, which is different from MUJI's black and white wood color system, and also adds bright colors and warm escape to the design. The clerk is very nice, will cooperate with the explanation, and pay more attention to the customer experience. Friends who are decorating can go shopping to find inspiration.

ziinlife

Zhiyin ziinlife Yangmeizhu Xiejie

Yangmeizhu Xiejie has been a pilot hutong for the reconstruction of the old city by the Nancheng government for more than five years. During this period, many small hutong shops, coffee shops/dessert shops/restaurants/bookstores, etc. have sprung up. Different from Wudaoying Street, which is narrow and close to Wenyi Hutong, the literature and art of Yangmeizhu lies in the quiet beauty of cultural creation, which attracts more high-end literary youth.

📍Meeting Someone

Since its opening, it is an innovative restaurant that is worth experiencing in terms of both the dishes and the environment, and it combines brunch/cafe afternoon tea/dinner/bar into one. I was attracted by this dark background wall scattered with English letters when I was still in trial operation in 2016. I didn't expect to enter the store to be even more unique! The most interesting thing is the starry tunnel that opens the iron gate, as if everyone becomes a girl in an instant, living in the starry sky in the fairy tale world.

Meeting Someone

📍 Model Bookstore

In the period of the Republic of China, there were about seven or eight bookstores on this street, that is, the existence of the publishing house today, and now it is rented by a boss who loves woodblock printing to manage some books about the ancient city of the country.

model bookstore

📍 soloist coffee co

Hippie American retro decoration style, mix and match Renaissance style, tables transformed from industrial sewing machines, old-fashioned 28-bar bicycles hanging on the wall, old pianos, etc... Coincidentally, you will meet foreign baristas, and there is a terrace on the second floor , You can also see the ancient buildings of the Qingyun Pavilion connecting two alleys opposite, drink a cup and hand pour, and travel back to the literati and inkmen during the Republic of China.

soloist coffee co.

📍 Suzuki Cafeteria

Suzuki has already opened six branches in Maoer Hutong in Nanluoguxiang, and they are also so hidden that they can only be recognized from the listing. Combining the atmosphere of Beijing Hutong and Japanese restaurant, the courtyard is warm and cozy.

Suzuki Cafeteria

📍Beijing Postcard Shop

On the road close to the Meeting Someone restaurant, you will encounter such a postcard shop. The owner is a Dane who loves Dashilan and the old city map. He has collected many old objects from European auctions and Panjiayuan flea market. Collected in this store, fully consciously visit the checkout to buy the style.

📍Berry beans coffee

A small wooden door in the Zhujia Hutong, an unremarkable specialty coffee shop that you may pass by at any time, is the boss who sells coffee on a bicycle in the alley. On the second floor, you can go to the roof tile to see the extremely warm sunset. The branch of the 3.3 building is in Hard Cocoon, which is full of retro style, and there is a world map filled with coffee beans.

Berry Beans Coffee Lounge

📍 Fusan cafe

It is also a boutique coffee shop hidden deep in the alley. There is a floor-to-ceiling window facing the streets of Tan'er Hutong. There is a gap between talking, reading and typing on the keyboard. You can also look up at the people who are leisurely strolling. That glass of Dirty is the best tasting glass I have ever had in a coffee shop in Beijing! The other branch is in Houhai, with an enlarged area and a more design sense.

Fusan Cafe

Fusan Cafe Sanlihe Park

This is a newly renovated landscape project along the river. In the Ming Dynasty, the Sanli River Basin was criss-crossed, and residents lived along the river. Many theaters and guild halls gathered here, and the two sides of the river naturally formed residential areas. Until the end of Qing Dynasty more than 200 years later, a new flood discharge channel was formed. With the increase of population, the Sanli River was gradually filled up and covered with residential houses. Since then, the Sanli River has only had a false name.

📍 Changxiang Toutiao

Along the long alley from west to east, along the Sanli River, there are water pavilions, goldfish ponds, red bridges, various halls, and reed gardens along the way... Old trees on both sides of the bank are fresh and green, flowers are clustered, under the shade of trees, gray The hutongs and courtyards are quiet and quiet, with stone roads and wooden plank roads interlaced at the foot, and water pavilions come into view from time to time. A reappearance of the beautiful scenery of "water piercing the streets and alleys, courtyards and houses".

Long Lane Headlines

📍 Spring Breeze Magazine Library

The first magazine library in China was originally a traditional three-bay riverside hut. It brings a brand-new experience space for people who love aesthetics, art, and film magazines. The surrounding plants are evergreen, the shadows of trees are dancing, and there is a small river, making the reading moment so beautiful.
Tips: Milk Tea Liu Ruoying's husband opened it, and the current membership system is full, so there is 50 yuan for unlimited reading experience.

Spring Breeze Magazine Library

In fact, large and small, all kinds of shops
There are also several five, ten, and hundreds of...
Listed are just my favorite and recent check-in reports
I hope everyone can discover the beauty of the Hutong together with me~