What is the origin of the street name of Donghua Market in Chongwen District, Beijing?

The Origin of the Place Name of "Flower Market" in Chongwen District

Flower market is a famous commercial street in the south of old Beijing in Qing Dynasty. This east-west street is very long, divided into East Flower Market and West Flower Market.

From the Qing Dynasty to the 1960s, it was a flower market.

The flowers sold in the flower market are not the flowers we are talking about now, but "silk flower". Old Beijing is also called "Zanhua", which is a unique skill of old Beijing, so it is also called "Jinghua".

At that time, the workshops that made hairpin flowers in the flower market went door to door. Every time the flower market opens, people in the 49 th city buy hairpin flowers and run here.