Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s coverage of North, Around the Back Lakes

The Drum and Bell Towers stand next to each other on Běijīng’s main axis and to the north of the Forbidden City, directly in line with its main halls, the Zhèngyáng Mén, and the newly…

Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s coverage of North and East of the Imperial City

Constantly remodelled throughout the last century, Běijīng’s once-premier shopping street has lost almost all of its charm, and the malls that replaced smaller-scale shopping…

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Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s coverage of North, Around the Back Lakes

This museum was demolished in 2013 and reopened in a new hall nearby in 2019.

Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s coverage of North, Around the Back Lakes

The tower still standing is the recently refurbished outer, embrasured tower (or ‘arrow tower’) of the pair which once stood here, used by emperors when they left to lead…