Shaded lane
A quiet stroll.
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The district that housed the foreign legations in Beijing between 1861 and 1959, known in Chinese by the name of the lane that runs through it, Dongjiaominxiang. At 1,552 m it is the longest hutong of old Beijing, running east from the south-east corner of Tiananmen Square to Chongwenmen. Its tree-shaded sides are lined with European-style buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, among them former legations, old banks and a church. After 1959 the foreign embassies moved out to Sanlitun, and today the quarter is a quiet street to stroll, away from the crowds of the square. Walking the lane is free at any hour, and one stop along it is the China Court Museum in the old Yokohama Specie Bank building, free with booking from Tuesday to Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm, per visitor guides.
A quiet stroll.
Stone façades.
Free with booking.
Dongjiaominxiang, Dongcheng District, Beijing
National Museum of ChinaThe museum of art and history on the east side of Tiananmen Square, in a vast co7 minutes walk
Tiananmen SquareA vast square in the heart of Beijing, named after the Tiananmen, the «Gate of H11 minutes walk4.5
Qianmen Street and DashilarThe old commercial quarter south of Tiananmen Square, where Qianmen Street runs 12 minutes walk
Imperial Ancestral Temple (Taimiao)An imperial compound just outside the Forbidden City, east of Tiananmen Gate, wh15 minutes walk
Wangfujing StreetBeijing's best-known shopping street, a broad pedestrian avenue east of the Forb15 minutes walk4.3Dongjiaominxiang starts at the south-east corner of Tiananmen Square and runs 1,552 m east to Chongwenmen; it is free to walk and easy to combine with a visit to the square.