Located outside the Peace Gated in Beijing City, Liulichang Street is a well-known culture street.It is about 800 meters long,reaching Nanliu Alley and Beiliu Alley in Xuanwu District to the west and Yanshousi Street in Xuanwu District to the east.

Liulichang derives its name from the Chinese for "Colored Glaze Factory". According to local stories, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties it was much like bohemian haunts in modern cities, where visiting scholars, painters and calligraphers liked to congregate to engage in poetry, painting and writing, with book-sellers and shops selling the four treasures of the ancient scholar opening shops to serve this market.