Dashila'r
大栅栏
In the west of Qianmen Dajie, Xuanwu District.
Hours
Tue-Sat 9am-9pm, Sun-Mon 10am-6pm
About this place
This west-east street is Beijing's oldest business street, is already 500 years old. After a re-decoraton in the early of 2008, all buildings are repaired and refreshed, keeping Chinese traditional style. Eight Beijing old stores are still located there, like Tong Ren Tang, Nei Lian Sheng, Zhang Yi Yuan, Rui Fu Xiang, Bu Ying Zhai, Da Guan Lou, Gou Bu Li and Zhang Xiao Quan. All bicycles and vehicles are forbidden to enter for keeping the street in order.