Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Access the area walking up the steps east from Tian'anmen Sq into
Dongjiaomin Xiang , once called Legation St and renamed 'Anti-Imperialism
Road' during the iconoclastic Cultural Revolution. You'll soon reach an arch-
way on your right, through which is
Legation Quarter
(23 Qianmen Dong-
dajie), a classy cluster of elegantly restored legation buildings, now home to
several exclusive restaurants, shops and an art gallery. Back on Dongjiaomin
Xiang, the excellent
Police Museum
is at No 36, while the attractive green-
roofed, orange-brick building further east at No 40 is the stately former
Dutch
The domed building at 4a Zhengyi Lu, on the corner of Zhengyi Lu and
Dongjiaomin Xiang, is the former
Yokahama Specie Bank
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. The grey building at No 19 Dongjiaomin Xiang is the former
Sichuanese restaurant Jingyuan Chuancai. Nearby is the former
French Leg-
Backing onto a small school courtyard, the twin spires of the Gothic
St Mi-
rises ahead at No 11, facing the green roofs and ornate red brickwork of the
former
Belgian Legation
.
JINGSHAN PARK
( Jingshan Gongyuan; summer/winter ¥5/2; 6am-9.30pm; Tian'anmen
West, then bus 5)
The dominating feature of Jingshan - one of the city's finest
parks - is one of central Beijing's few hills; a mound that was created from the
earth excavated to make the Forbidden City moat. Clamber to the top for a
magnificent panorama of the capital and princely views over the russet roofing
of the Forbidden City. On the eastern side of the park a locust tree stands in
the place where the last of the Ming emperors, Chongzhen, hung himself as
rebels swarmed at the city walls. The rest of the park is one of the best places
in Beijing for people-watching.
Park
WORKERS CULTURAL PALACE
Park
