Shanxi Lane

Shaanxi Lane is a north-south alley, starting from Zhushikou West Street in the south and ending at Tieshuxie Street in the north, with a total length of about 500 meters. Shaanxi Lane has a long history. According to the "Sketches of Xu Ying in Beijing Hutong", in the early Ming Dynasty, a large number of merchants gathered in the area outside Qianmen. Many Shaanxi timber merchants hoarded wood in this lane, hence the name Shaanxi Lane. In modern times, with the prosperity of the culture of the southern part of Beijing, it became one of the prosperous places in the southern part of Beijing at that time. Any mention of the prosperous places in the old Beijing Nancheng, there is: "Qianmen Street Dashilan, Stone Hutong Shaanxi Lane" (these are all connected, you can travel from the north to the south all the way down). Now, when visiting Shaanxi Lane, you can still see two-story blue-brick buildings on both sides (most of these buildings were theaters and tea houses at that time, but now they are mostly residential courtyards or hotels. Now the south entrance of Hutong is better preserved. The "Deshoutang" pharmacy on the west side is a factory-style building in the front and the back. This pharmacy is also one of the oldest brands in Beijing. Its main products are "Dashan Hawthorn Pills" and various traditional Chinese medicine "Pill Powder Pills". Since the 1990s, as an early establishment of the self-employed market street in Beijing, there was an archway called "Shaanxi Alley Market" at the south entrance. During this period, various stalls and vendors gathered. One of the lively hutongs. Of course, since the beginning of the 21st century, Beijing has carried out a unified management of scattered vendors, coupled with the renovation of the old city built by Liangguang Street (Guang'anmen - Guangqumen), a large number of old residents have moved Now, Shaanxi Lane has gradually lost its former prosperity.