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Places of Interest

Forbidden City

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The Forbidden City, located at the centre of Beijing, was the main palace of Imperial China for five centuries, until the early 20th century. It today houses the Palace Museum, one of China's largest national museums, with an extensive collection based on the former imperial collection.

National Centre for the Performing Arts

Theater building

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The National Centre for the Performing Arts, colloquially described as The Boiled Egg, is an arts centre containing an opera house in Xicheng, Beijing, China.

Zhengyangmen

City gate

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Qianmen is the colloquial name for Zhengyangmen, a gate in Beijing's historic city wall. The gate is situated to the south of Tiananmen Square and once guarded the southern entry into the Inner City.

Places in the Area

Xichang’anjie

Suburb

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Xichang'anjie Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the eastern part of Xicheng District, Beijing. The subdistrict got its name from the Chang'an Avenue. As of 2020, it had 11 residential communities under its administration, containing a total population of 36,645…

Dashilan

Suburb

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Dashilan Subdistrict is a subdistrict on eastern side of Xicheng District, in Beijing, China. Dashilan is also a famous business street outside Qianmen.

Chunshu

Suburb

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Chunshu Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the southeastern portion of Xicheng District, Beijing, China. As of 2020, its total population is 27,417. The subdistrict got its current name due to its abundance of Chinese mahogany in the area, which were already present during the Ming dynasty.

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