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Qianmen Street: Showing the Face of  “Old Beijing”

2008-04-19TANGYUANKAI

Beijing Review 2008年2期

TANG YUANKAI

Located at the center of Beijing near Tiananmen Square, Qianmen Street,no more than 2 km long, has been a prosperous area for more than 600 years andhas accumulated some long-standing stores. Many well-known Chinese stores startedtheir operations there. The reconstruction project aims to preserve the QianmenStreet's history in its entirety.