Sunday, February 15, 2009

Dongjiaominxiang area - Chinese tourism scenic spots

Dongjiaominxiang at Chongwenmen and Tiananmen Square, a Main Street, an east-west direction. Ming and Qing dynasties used to be here, "five six House" is located. Qing Emperor Qianlong and Jiaqing period had "guest house" for foreign envoys temporary residence. Opium War (1840) in this area has since set up Britain, Russia, Germany and France Embassy, later renamed the 1901 embassy Street, Britain, the United States, France, and other 11 countries in the lane to set up a joint administration, but also the creation of the "Citibank of the United States", "French bank Credit Agricole" "HSBC UK", "Bank of Japan is gold" and the church, a number of hospitals, this period of history Under many different styles of Western architecture, and attract many overseas. States in 1928 after the embassy had moved to Nanjing, but it did not repeal the former site of the existing building to maintain the basic original, multi-national agencies for the office, the streets of Beijing Public Security Bureau has, the Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Cha Yuan, China Youth Travel Service, the Foreign Ministry guest house, the new overseas Chinese restaurants, fashion, and so on are red.

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