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Drum tower and Nanluoguxiang area(Beijing,china) is hot and popular! Just google it, you will see thousands of results, news and pictures.  It is so different. The old buildings and the local relax lifestyle, the boutique shops, and of course, the food.
My home is just close to the Nanluoguxiang Hutong, there is a special bar with [...]

I am Glad to tell that my friend-Lars will held his another great talk on 2009-11-07 at Garden Books with the title “Transformation Beijing:From an imperial past to symbols of modern china”. When you see his Beijing Postcards shop in Nanluoguxiang, you will know his knowledge about Beijing and China’s development and history. to be honest, some [...]

I’d like to introduce 2 Boutique hotels in Dongcheng district. the dongcheng district is the best preserved area in Beijing. and  there are lots of antique buildings and Hutongs, you can see the old hutongs(small lane) in Dongcheng district for more than 700 years history. only in the dongdistrict you can enjoy the cultural hotels [...]

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Treasures always hidden in some unknown place waiting for someone to explore. Courtyard 7 is a treasure. hidden in a deep hutong near Nanluoguxiang, deep but worth to explore.The Courtyard 7 Hotel Beijing has a traditional design with 19 guestrooms centred around a courtyard. Amenities include a Western-style restaurant, bar and café. The reception desk [...]

the bars suit for over 50 people in Nanluoguxiang, I bet no more than 4 bars can meet the ruquest(some of them like Sankeshu 三棵树 will not available for the party/event).  I visited Hutong’er and 16mm and Salud today, hope I can cover most of the best big bars. Please check some info as follows.
Hutong’er Bar 胡同儿酒吧
address：No [...]

Met FeiMa(飞马flying horse), who is a traveller from Belgium, in Hutongren Cultural Hotel Beijing last Dec. His full knowlodge about china and fluent Chinese give me a strong sence, he is not the common traveller. besides he can read and speak Chinese, and he likes the Chinese food, likes to chat with Chinese, the old, the younger, [...]

the gate.

the bar,turn right from the desk.

the 2nd floor.
address: No 106 Nanluoguxiang. Zamo restaurant.
Food: Chinese dishes and Western Pizza.
Drink:Beer and Wine
introduction: it is a nice and warm place. the boss told it was one of the HQ in KMD period. the 2nd-floor building can give you a special taste, just like the name of the [...]

Nanluoguxiang is popular and popular day by day from late 2006. From the 1st restaruant(Passby bar) opened in 1999, now there are more than 200 bars and cafes and restaurants and shops and hotels in the Hutong. There are lots of passerbys from Friday till Sunday night. But nobody can tell every one of she shops can make a good [...]

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The fall is the best season in Beijing. The colorful leaves in Xiangshan Mt, the golden Yinxing tree outside of diaoyutai wall, the blue and clean sky always remind us the fall is the best. Even the Oct in Lunar calendar has a beautiful name: Golden fall Oct(金秋十月). the famous Chinese writer Yu Dafu（郁达夫） wrote [...]

 My favorite,Hutong tour. Maybe you dont know,my home is on the Gulou Dong street,just east to Drum tower and west of Nanluoguxiang. only 2 minutes to the famous hutong in Beijing-Nanluoguxiang,and no more than 10 minutes to Houhai park or Shichahai or Yandaixiejie. I believe this area will be the hottest zone of tourism in [...]