Beijing Siheyuan Tourist Attractions

The best-preserved courtyard house in Beijing is the Dongsi Hutong Museum.

The Dongsi Hutong Museum is an important part of the "Comprehensive Environmental Management Project of Dongsi San to Ba Tiao Historical and Cultural Blocks" jointly organized by the Dongcheng District Government and Beijing Capital Group. This museum recreates the richness of the "Dongsi Hutong" The museum with historical features and cultural characteristics is located in the capital, providing an important sample for Beijing's urban renewal and transformation in the new era.

The Dongsi Museum tries its best to reproduce the richest hutong history through videos, documentaries, models, photo exhibitions, etc., but there are very few historical objects. Dongsi Hutong Museum is a world composed of old houses, mirrors and glass. The interior design also integrates modern art on a large scale. A 3-meter-high curved stainless steel art installation spans two courtyards from the air, implying a " Moon Shadow".

At the very end, in the middle of the courtyard, there is a stainless steel metal ball with a diameter of nearly 1 meter, with 28 constellations engraved on the surface, named "Star Sky", echoing the "Moon Shadow".

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1. As soon as you enter the door, you will see a beautifully crafted hanging flower door on the north side, with slogans such as "Serve the People Wholeheartedly" written in the last century on both sides.

2. Walking into the second courtyard shows the characteristics of old Beijing Hutong houses: courtyards, Guangliang Gate, Jinzhu Gate, Ruyi Gate, Manzi Gate, etc., upside-down lintels, eaves, door tiles, etc. Quetai, Bo seam head, screen wall, dripping water and so on.

The museum collects exhibits: Wardrobe from the Republic of China: It is the first exhibit collected by the Dongsi Museum. It was used for weddings in the 1940s. There is a full-length mirror inlaid on the door on the left, and a full-length mirror on the right. There are fine carvings on the door, and the copper handles on the drawers give a sense of vicissitudes and age. Bows passed down from ancestors, fish tanks from the Republic of China period, Luban stools from the Republic of China period, sock boards, etc.

Historical and cultural exhibition area: displays many types of ancient Dongsi objects, including the golden nanmu lotus leaf piers, Bo seam heads, ancient building components and Jiaqing 22nd old city bricks from Fukang'an Mansion , dozens of old photos of Dongsi.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Dongsi Hutong Museum