Beijing's Top Sights - Beijing - page 191

luogu Xiang, but there are some standout places that are well worth a visit, namely: Veg-
gie Table ( CLICK HERE ), Běijīng's first vegan restaurant; Natooke ( CLICK HERE ), the capit-
al's coolest bike shop; and Vineyard Café ( CLICK HERE ), every expat's favourite brunch
stop. There's also the unusual Change OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP ( Jiāohuàn Shāngdiàn; 67 Wudaoying
Hutong, midday-8pm, closed Mon; Yonghegong Lama Temple) , a tiny secondhand 'swap shop',
where you can trade in your old stuff for whatever takes your fancy. Come evening, VA
Bar OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 67 Wudaoying Hutong, entrance from ¥20;

2pm-late; Yonghegong Lama

Temple) is a popular jazz venue, with live music most nights.

MAO DUN'S FORMER RESIDENCE
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( Máo Dùn Gùjū; 13 Houyuan Ensi Hutong; adult ¥5; 9am-4pm Tue-Sun; Beixinqiao) This small, unas-
suming museum off Jiaodaokou Nandajie is deep in the heart of the historic hútòng quad-
rant southeast of the Drum and Bell Towers. Mao Dun was the pen name of Shen Yanbing
(1896-1981), who was born into an elite family in Zhèjiāng province but educated in
Běijīng. In 1920 he helped found the Literary Study Society, an association promoting lit-
erary realism. Mao Dun joined the League of Left Wing Writers in 1930, becoming
solidly entrenched in the bureaucracy after the communists came to power. He lay low
during the Cultural Revolution, but briefly returned to writing in the 1970s. The museum
is typically parsimonious and low-key.

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