Liulichang Cultural StreetⅢ

History of the street

The history of Liulichang can be traced back to Liao Period (907-1125) when it was the Haiwang Cun (Village of the Sea King). And in Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368), a kiln was established here making glazed tiles, which was later became one of the official Five Kilns in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) when Ming rulers began to built their palaces in Beijing. A fairly large number of the glazed materials of the Ming palaces, temples and officials’ residences were produced in this factory. During the Jiajing period (1507-1567) when the government built the outer city, the factory was moved out but the name "LiuLichang" (the Chinese of glaze factory) was retained so far.