Yandai Xiejie (Skewed Tobacco Pouch Street)
A slanted street off Di'anmen Outer Street, named after the tobacco-pouch shops of the Qing dynasty (bannermen's fondness for smoking gear turned it into a whole trade): about 230 m long, it links Di'anmen with Yinding Bridge and is the shortest and densest commercial slanted street around Shichahai — the street itself is a "street fossil" formed after a Yuan dynasty grain-transport canal silted up…
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A slanted street off Di'anmen Outer Street, named after the tobacco-pouch shops of the Qing dynasty (bannermen's fondness for smoking gear turned it into a whole trade): about 230 m long, it links Di'anmen with Yinding Bridge and is the shortest and densest commercial slanted street around Shichahai — the street itself is a "street fossil" formed after a Yuan dynasty grain-transport canal silted up. Time-honored shops and small curio stores coexist here; at dusk, walk from the street to Yinding Bridge to watch the sunset over the Western Hills and fully relive the classic scene of "viewing the mountains from Yinding Bridge" — a concentrated strip of old Beijing folk charm.
Getting there: Along Di'anmen Outer Street
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