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Peking Legation Quarter (Dongjiaominxiang) 东交民巷Dōngjiāomín Xiàng
National heritage site · Beijing, Beijing
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Beijing
- Region
- Beijing
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Peking Legation Quarter (Dongjiaominxiang)
From 1861 foreign legations clustered along this lane east of Tiananmen Square, and after the siege of 1900 it became a walled, foreign-run Legation Quarter with its own banks, barracks and churches. A group of early 20th-century European-style buildings survives, among them the former legations of Japan, France and Italy, the old Yokohama Specie Bank and Citibank buildings and St Michael's Church of 1904. Most are offices seen from the street, so the quarter is best explored on foot as a walk through Beijing's colonial-era history.
How to get to Peking Legation Quarter (Dongjiaominxiang)
Runs east from the south-east corner of Tiananmen Square to Chongwenmen; start from Qianmen station (Metro Lines 2 and 8) at the west end or Chongwenmen station (Lines 2 and 5) at the east end.
Nearby
- National Museum of China 中国国家博物馆 under 10 km
Ancient bronzes, jades and porcelain in a vast museum beside Tian'anmen Square - Tiananmen Square 天安门广场 under 10 km
A vast ceremonial square below Tian'anmen gate, where the national flag is raised at dawn - Qianmen Street and Dashilar 前门大街·大栅栏 under 10 km
A pedestrian avenue below Qianmen gate and a lane of shops trading since Qing times - Forbidden City 故宫 under 10 km
Six centuries of imperial power behind vermilion walls in the heart of Beijing - Temple of Heaven 天坛 under 10 km
Where emperors prayed for harvests, and where Beijing now dances, sings and plays cards
Also within 20 km: Imperial Historical Archives (Huangshicheng) 皇史宬 (under 10 km), Imperial Ancestral Temple 太庙 (under 10 km), Pudu Temple 普度寺 (under 10 km), Xijiaominxiang Historic Bank Buildings 西交民巷近代银行建筑群 (under 10 km), Zhongshan Park 中山公园 (under 10 km), Asbury Church (Chongwenmen Church) 亚斯立堂 (under 10 km).
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