Subway Line 2 gets off at Qianmen Station.
public transportation
Take bus No.4, No.2, 126, 1, No.66, No.48, No.22, No.67, No.8, No.69, No.71,No.20, No.301,No.82, No.99. You can search the name or address of the scenic spot through the map software and choose the most suitable means of transportation.
Tel: 0 10-67060009.
Play time: 1-2 hours.
Note: In the early 1950s, there were more than 800 individual industrial and commercial households in Qianmen area. From north to south, there are Dabei Photo Studio, QingLin Chun Qianmen Street Tea Shop, Tongsanyi Fruit and Seafood Shop, Lili Restaurant, Tiancheng Zhaibo Restaurant, Cheap Square Roast Duck Restaurant, Laozhengxing Restaurant, Pulander Washing and Dyeing Shop, Zhao Yi Cotton Department Store, Qianmen Hardware Store and other shops on the east side of Qianmen Street. From north to south, there are Yueshengzhai Sauced Meat Store, Huafu Clock Store, Qingyitang Pharmacy, One-stop Mutton Restaurant, Shengxifu Hat Store, Gongxing Cultural Goods Store, Xiangju Gong Bo Store, Long Shuncheng Woodware Store, Qianmen Street Ma Store, Qianmen Bicycle Store and Qianmen Trust Store. After 1979, while basically retaining the original old shops and traditional commercial features, new stores such as Wujinjiaodian, clothing department stores, bicycles, food, watches and clocks, and chemical paints were opened one after another.
The long history of Qianmen Street has created many Chinese time-honored brands here, such as Liubiju Soy Sauce Garden, Tongrentang Pharmacy, Ruifuxiang Silk Store, Changchun Tang Pharmacy, Direct Shoe Store, Zhang Yiyuan Tea House, and Yueshengzhai Sauce and Meat Store, the only barbecue shop and other 16 time-honored brands, which are distributed on both sides of the road. There are also shops and restaurants such as fish mouths and mill factories in the hutong. But there are no old brands here, only beauty salons and small restaurants with poor conditions opened by foreigners. When the reporter arrived at noon, one or two guys in each restaurant stood at the door of the store to attract passers-by, and shouts came and went.
Introduction:
Qianmen Street, located in the south of downtown Beijing, has been the most famous commercial street in Beijing since ancient times. Now there are many time-honored restaurants, shops and snacks from all over the world, which are suitable for shopping and enjoying delicious food. In addition, the buildings on the street are very old, including archways, old signboards and red lanterns. , are very old Beijing.
Normal tourists visit Qianmen Street, a pedestrian street, which starts from Zhengyangmen archway in the north and ends at zhushikou East Street in the south, and is about 800 meters long, so they can walk here to play.
In addition, there are sightseeing trains on the pedestrian street. This ancient train has a long history and is called Dangdang. The whole journey is several hundred meters, and the fare is around 20 yuan. Suitable for taking children. In addition to Qianmen Pedestrian Street, the hutongs such as Dashilan and Xianyukou next to the pedestrian street are also considered as Qianmen Street, so you can walk and play together.
When visiting Qianmen Street, the first thing is to enjoy traditional food. There are many time-honored restaurants such as Quanjude, Cheap Square, Donglaishun and Liubiju in the pedestrian street and the surrounding hutongs. You can eat a variety of traditional foods such as roast duck and instant-boiled mutton, and these old brands belong to the unified price of the whole city, which will not be more expensive than outside, but more authentic. You must choose one to have a taste.
In addition to big restaurants, there are many snacks and pastry shops on the street, such as Mattel Popsicle, Beijing Old Yogurt, Daoxiang Village and Unique Family. But it's generally a little more expensive than outside. You can try it a little. If you want to buy it as a gift, it is recommended to go to other branches. In addition, there are brands of foreign cafes and fast food restaurants such as Haagen-Dazs, Starbucks and KFC to choose from.
In addition to time-honored restaurants, Qianmen Street and nearby hutongs also have time-honored shops and old buildings such as Ruifuxiang, Beijing Camera Factory and China Guanmao Cultural Museum, which can be visited. In addition, there are all kinds of teahouses, and there are often traditional art performances such as cross talk and storytelling. You can go into the hutongs to play one by one. Picking up a camera in the street and taking some photos of old buildings, old signboards, archways and red lanterns in front of you are also full of charm in Beijing.