Houhai is a newly developed fashionable nightlife area in the old city of Beijing. With the arrival of the night, the neon lights around Houhai light up one by one, making the lake look like a fairyland, giving people an illusory feeling. Men and women who like to spend the night gradually gather here from all directions of the city. Along the banks of Houhai (Starbucks), there are cafes and restaurants that make you dizzying. Everyone has a different style and will never imitate others.
Eat a hearty dinner first, and then drink various drinks one after another; Or sit down with friends and enjoy the night in Houhai while chatting. Houhai is a place where ancient oriental culture and modern western culture collide, where historical Beijing and modern Beijing combine, and where you have to go to Beijing.
Houhai is also a place in Xian Yi, suitable for all ages, with bars, teahouses and cafes. There is always a small shop with its own characteristics that suits you.
Sanlitun
Houhai's nightlife and its "big brother"
Compared with the madness of Sanlitun, it is simply bleak. Gongti North Road divides the bar near Sanlitun into two parts. Various live bands, many DVD vendors and more activities make up Sanlitun's famous bar street. Cross the Workers Stadium and come to Dongqiao. You will see another downtown area composed of many bars and clubs? . Pay more attention to the Sanlitun map released by Beijing every week.
Houhai and Sanlitun are the main gathering places for foreigners. Of course, there are many other places of leisure and entertainment in Beijing-many magazines will publish the news of the latest activities: Beijing Dialogue and City Weekly, which are Beijing and Beijing this month.
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Houhai refers to Shichahai, which has three water surfaces: Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai. In order to distinguish it from the North Sea, the China Sea and the South China Sea, it is called the Three Lakes. Houhai East starts from Di 'anmenwai Street, reaches Xinjiekou Street in the west, Ping 'an Street in the south and Second Ring Road in the north, with a total area of 146.7 hectares, including 34 hectares of water area and 1 1.5 hectares of green land. This is the ancient waters of the Yuan Dynasty in Beijing 700 years ago.
Houhai is one of the basic bases for the planning and design of13rd century metropolis. The periphery of Shichahai has been a bustling business district since the Yuan Dynasty. It was the end of grain transportation at that time and was called "the ancient seaport of Beijing". At that time, restaurants, karaoke bars and commercial workshops were everywhere along the coast.
The street structure of Houhai was first formed in Yuan Dynasty. Many buildings are old and have the typical characteristics of traditional buildings in Beijing. For example, the Hypericum area is similar in size to Hutong, Nanbeiguan Hutong and Yaer Hutong, Mibai Xie Jie, Xie Jie, Dai Yan and so on. There are more than 40 cultural relics protection units in Shichahai area. The former residences of Wang Fu and celebrities in the past dynasties, which are shaded by weeping willows, include Gongwangfu, Chunwangfu, Soong Ching Ling's former residence and Guo Moruo's former residence. Eight of the top ten marshals lived in Liu Yin Street near Shichahai. There are many temples here, known as "nine temples and one temple".
Houhai is a famous summer resort in old Beijing. According to historical records, in summer, there are various stalls along the coast, such as Lotus Bureau, teahouse, food, commercial stalls, folk art and so on.
More photos, more photos of scenic spots, more Houhai blog posts ... Album: Houhai Travel Notes (even, Gaga ~ ~)
Travel notes of Houhai (even, quack quack ~ ~). July 7th "sunny", beautiful? ! Glass, careless, ugly duckling, quack. Ugly duckling, meatballs, one after another, quack ~ ~ ~, just arrived, look carefully. Hutong, accidentally, watching dolls play ga ga ~ ~. More photos. ...
Beijing impression-Houhai bar
So I carefully selected the pictures and wrote down my travel notes of Houhai on such a warm afternoon. The first time I went to Houhai, I dressed up beautifully with Nana and Yanyan and enjoyed the petty bourgeoisie atmosphere around the bar. The second time I went to Houhai, the main purpose was to eat China steamed buns and taste the night view of Houhai by the way. Noisy voices mingled. ...
Joke at my friends in the literary and art circles (pick a few close friends to "spoof")
He is good at prose, calligraphy and painting, and likes to wander around the rivers and lakes and write travel notes. But her marriage was unfortunate. She was divorced when she was young and has not remarried yet ... "... However, Bai Xiong is also an ordinary person. I haven't seen him for many years, and I feel that he has changed a lot, is cheerful and optimistic, and has popularized a lot ... there is no better poem than Hai Jin. Hai Jin is my eldest brother with the same surname, and both of them are surnamed Hai. Many years ago, my name and his name often appeared in the tide page of the daily newspaper. ...