Old Beijing 古北京

From trinkets to treasures, Mao caps to Ming pottery, and fakes of any kind. Whatever your heart desires from any part of the Middle Kingdom - village handicrafts, Yixing teapots, Tibetan trunks or paintings, stones, gems, stone statues, books - will likely be found here. Pan Jia Yuan, Beijing's infamous dirt market, and also something like a museum that you can just observe and enjoy...

St. Joseph’s Cathedral is one of the city’s best-preserved religious sites and the second oldest Catholic Church in Beijing. It is a reconstruction built in 1904 on the ruins of the burned church. It was originally the residence that Emperor Shunzhi granted to two foreign priests. The two priests established a small church on an empty plot, which was the precursor of East Church. There houses precious religious images by Johann Adam Schall von Bell. The architecture emphasizes a beautiful blend of ancient western and Chinese architectural styles. After the large-scale repair work, East Church reopened in 1980. Nowadays, East Church has become a witness to Catholic cultural development in China, and is a place for communication of western and Chinese cultures.

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