Beijing Tianqiao is located outside Zhengyangmen in the east of Xuanwu District, Beijing. In ancient times, it was used by emperors to offer sacrifices at the Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Xiannong, so it was called Tianqiao. After many reconstructions, it was completely demolished on 1934, and the bridge site no longer exists. Later, it existed as a place name in Beijing.

In the Qing Dynasty, the Records of Shuntian Prefecture of Guangxu recorded: "Yongdingmen Street, north of Zhengyangmen Street, is located in Jingsan. There are bridges and overpasses. " Yi Shunding, a famous poet at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, wrote in "Tianqiao Qu" that "many wanderers play with wine and drums and don't remember home", which indicates the prosperity of Tianqiao at that time.

Originally, there was a white marble bridge, under which was a small river Longxugou, covering Zhengyangmen Street, passing south through east and west zhushikou, northwest of Tanmen Temple of Heaven and north of Yongdingmen, and then forming an overpass market with Beijing flavor.

Before liberation, many artists "dumped the ground" near the overpass, that is, drawing a white circle on the ground as a performance venue. At that time, juggling was a major feature of the Tianqiao market, with many items and superb skills, including bow drawing, knife lifting, diabolo shaking, barbecued pork, middle string, hard qigong and so on.

Tianqiao area refers to the south of zhushikou, north of Yongdingmen, east to the Temple of Heaven and west to Xiannongtan. At that time, Tianqiao was the representative of civilian areas, where people could shop, watch acrobatics and taste some delicious food.