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St. Michael's Church (French: Église Saint-Michel; traditional Chinese: 聖彌厄爾教堂; simplified Chinese: 圣弥厄尔教堂), also called Dongjiaoming Street Church (东交民巷天主堂), [citation needed] is a church that was formerly in the French Legation of Beijing. It was built in 1901. [1]
In old Beijing, in addition to the Forbidden City, royal gardens, temples and altars, and royal palaces, a large number of buildings were the countless houses of the people. [ 5 ] "Rixia Jiuwen Kao" quoted a poem by a Yuan Dynasty poet: "The clouds open the gates of the city for three thousand feet, and the fog darkens the towers and pavilions ...
The four buildings of a siheyuan are normally positioned along the north–south and east–west axis. The building positioned to the north and facing the south is considered the main house (正房, zhèngfáng). The buildings adjoining the main house and facing east and west are called side houses (廂房, xiāngfáng).
Prince Gong's Mansion is one of the most exquisite and best-preserved imperial mansions in Beijing and used to house several families, and has a total area of 60,000 square meters (650,000 sq ft). The mansion buildings are located in the south; the gardens are in the north.
Chaonei No. 81 (simplified Chinese: 朝内81号; traditional Chinese: 朝內81號; pinyin: Cháo nèi bāshí yī hào, short for simplified Chinese: 朝阳门内大街81号; traditional Chinese: 朝陽門內大街81號; pinyin: Chāoyáng mén nèi dàjiē bāshí yī hào or Chaoyangmen Inner Street No. 81), sometimes referred to as Chaonei Church, [1] is a house located in the Chaoyangmen ...
Nanluoguxiang was built in the Yuan Dynasty and received its current name during the Qing Dynasty, around 1750.In recent years, the area's hutongs have become a popular tourist destination with restaurants, bars, live music houses, coffee shops, fast food and souvenir shops, as well as some old siheyuan associated with famous historic and literary figures.
By Michael Martina, Michael Erman and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -U.S. intelligence officials in late February told senators working on a biotech security bill that Chinese pharmaceutical firm WuXi ...
The red gates of the mansion. Prince Chun's Mansion (simplified Chinese: 醇亲王府; traditional Chinese: 醇親王府; pinyin: Chúnqīnwángfǔ), also known as the Northern Mansion (北府; Běifǔ), is a large residence in the siheyuan style with lavish private garden located near the Shichahai neighborhood in central Beijing.