Explore the "Rabbit Master" making experience in Dongcheng District's Hundred Workshops

Entering the first non-heritage theme cultural and creative park "Yongyuan" in China.

Afternoon tea at the East Garden Theater at the foot of the Imperial City

Ride through Wangfujing from Donghuamen in the evening.

Enjoy the charms east of the Forbidden City and find the most authentic flavor of Beijing.

Hundred Craftsmen's Workshop: Handmade crafts inherited for a hundred years, it is an intangible cultural heritage, and Beijingers respectfully call it "Master Rabbit".

After coming to Beijing for so many years, every year during traditional holidays such as Chinese New Year or traveling to Beijing, you can see a small ornament shaped like a rabbit, and only when you ask your friends in Beijing do you know that this small ornament, which looks like a rabbit, but is more serious than the impression of a cute rabbit, is called a "rabbit master".

Beijing since ancient times, there is a very deep "master" culture, can be called the rabbit "master", is also a kind of honor to it, the ancient Chang'e Jade Rabbit, it is said that the Jade Rabbit had come down to earth for the earth to eliminate disasters and illnesses, to protect human beings, so since then the rabbit! "Divinization" of the rabbit, literary and artistic model of the rabbit in order to show it more tall and powerful, people will give him to wear armor and robes, behind the back of the 2 colorful flags, highlighting the rabbit master can be literary and military image.

In addition to the people's homes in Beijing, in many tourist attractions can also be seen in the figure of the rabbit master, the rabbit master also by the traditional model, evolved into a lot of modern shape to, the traditional image of the rabbit master is serious, meticulous smile, and now you can see a lot of smiling and lovely rabbit masters, they give people a feeling of more lovely and friendly.

And in addition to the traditional image of the rabbit, there are also twelve zodiac shapes, the same traditional handicraft clay molding, so that the shape is more acceptable to modern people, and is liked by tourists from all over the world, in order to inherit this intangible cultural heritage, there are a lot of stores engaged in making the rabbit master in Beijing.

In Hundred Workshop there is a rabbit master's handmade workshop, you can experience the process of making the rabbit master's hands on, the clay for making the rabbit master's hands on is taken from kaolin clay, it is said that this clay has been around for billions of years, and after the impurities have sunk, the middle part of the clay is taken, and the clay that has been taken back is then washed, dried, and some ingredients such as rice broth and cotton are added, to make the clay more sturdy and durable.

Will need to make the rabbit in advance to play a good mold, the clay into the mold, pressure embryo, the embryo process, need to repeat and patience, and finally repair the embryo of the link is also the need for special care, after the completion of the embryo turned over, a first glimpse of the appearance of the rabbit out, and then after natural drying, dry after the next step can be painted.

The process of color painting requires some painting skills, it requires skill, meticulousness and imagination and the ability to match colors, layer by layer, applying pigments to create a unique work. The result is a warm and exquisite work of art.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Wing Garden: another Beijing hit, famous for producing Dabao, is now the first non-heritage-themed cultural and creative garden in China                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

There is a Yongsheng Alley near Guangqumen in Beijing's Dongcheng District, into the hutong, a named "Yongyuan" cultural and creative park, which is the first non-heritage theme of the cultural and creative park, in the 1980s and 1990s, this is the famous Beijing Sanlu factory, Dabao SOD honey is produced here, and now Dabao's plant has been moved to Yizhuang, the plant was renovated to make it more suitable for the local community. Now Dabao factory moved to Yizhuang, this factory building transformation, adapt to local conditions, because of the release pool, Yongsheng Lane and named "Wing Garden", become a new Netflix card place, there are cultural and creative, non-heritage, there are bed and breakfast, there are food, the following follow the footsteps of small make up, take a look at this domestic first non-heritage theme cultural and creative park.

Non-heritage masters stationed in Wing Park, follow the principle of repairing the old as the old, and did not make too many changes to the previous plant, a hundred years of history of the building, with gray bricks built into the promenade, and now there are 16 studios for non-heritage masters to move in, Chinese textile non-heritage, design space, lacquer + space, Beijing work of the imperial work, enameling art gallery, and a number of other studios have been successfully moved in.

Jiu Ru Building and Mu Qing Building" on the north side of Yongyuan are century-old buildings built at the end of the Republic of China. It is the first building to use the traditional technology of yellow sand and cement brushed finish on the exterior walls, and also adopts the Spanish mission style wooden sunshade for the exterior windows to add features to the original earth gray exterior walls.

There is also a special B&B in the park, traditional Chinese style plus Xiangxi ethnic style, the most attractive to me is the lamp on the bedside table, using the shape of the Miao headdress as a lampshade, into the room's characteristic screen, a piece of a piece of traditional Chinese embroidery patterns, wooden building materials, making the whole room more the pursuit of nature itself.

The first floor has been transformed into a 1,000-square-meter immersive exhibition hall, with more than 300 exhibits in categories such as embroidery, ceramics, enamel, kites, and medicinal incense.

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There is an old Beijing hutong near Qianmen Street, which used to be one of the longest hutongs in Qianmen. It was built in the Ming Dynasty, and was famous for its stone polishing craftsmen and stores, and used to be one of the four major shopping districts in the Qianmen area. Follow me as I walk into Qianmen, a landmark hutong in the East End business district, to get a taste of what's new today.

Polishing factory has east and west, between Qianmen and Chongwenmen, was once the longest in the outer city of Beijing, into the West Polishing Factory Street, the hutongs are still living in the old residents here, after the restoration of the hutongs are more spacious than before, there is no longer the kind of old dilapidated houses, the hutongs in the early morning more serene, and replaced by new buildings with the old for the new.

You can walk all the way to Qianmen Street along the West Polished Hutong, as opposed to the endless stream of people on Qianmen Street, and take the tram to experience the city's historical charm.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Qianmen Street                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The Old Pai Fang is a must-see, which has appeared in many movies and TV dramas, and is a beautiful postcard of old Beijing. Following the main road of Qianmen Street, the stores along the street are all old stores, such as Taoxiangcun, Quanjude, and Humble Xiangyi, and other centuries-old stores can be found here, and each vivid bronze statue seems to be telling people about the deep humanistic memories of the city and showing the city's charms of the old Beijing.

With a history of more than 500 years, Dazhalan used to be a bustling commercial area. The fence is in the center of old Beijing, an important part of the South Central Axis, with a total length of 275 meters from the east entrance to the west entrance. Opposite it is Fresh Fish Mouth, which is home to a collection of Beijing's famous old restaurants, retail stores, theaters, baths, teahouses and handicraft workshops, and many of Beijing's local specialties can be eaten at Fresh Fish Mouth.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Dongyuan Theater Building: a net red theater building next to Beijing's Forbidden City, come for afternoon tea in the afternoon                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Located in Beijing's Dongcheng District Calamus River Park there is a net red theater, from the subway line 1 Tian'anmen subway exit, into the Nanchi Zi Street, turn into an alley, quiet old hutongs, there is a hole in the sky, a star called "Dongyuan Theater" net red card place, Zhang Ruoyun's YueYou is here in the scene shooting, high walls, tiles, corridors and rockeries, the high walls, the high walls, the high walls, the high walls, the high walls, the high walls, the high tiles, the long corridors, the long corridors, the high corridors and rockeries. The high walls and tiles, long corridors and rockeries, deep courtyards, ancient traditional style theater, this summer afternoon in August, about sisters, to come here to drink afternoon tea, watch the tea show.

East Garden Theater is a garden courtyard and traditional classical theater perfect combination of architectural style, a strong artistic atmosphere, where you can watch tea performances, taste delicious snacks, and opera performances, open-air attic is particularly suitable for laze around to take pictures of the card, the first floor of the book can be borrowed, in such a cozy and comfortable environment, it is really a kind of enjoyment.

Opera performances are regularly held in the East Garden Theater Building, where classic plays such as Dream of the Red Chamber have been staged, and the entire theater building has a compact layout. The whole building has a compact layout. The stage, dressing room, lounge, auditorium, courtyard, etc. The whole building can accommodate about 190 people. The East Garden Theater House aims to carry forward the traditional culture of the Chinese nation and promotes international cultural exchanges as its business direction, so that you can enjoy the profound culture of Chinese opera and feel the strong artistic atmosphere here.

Tall red walls, low-hanging willow trees, Beijing's second ring road, by the Calamus River, from the streets of the traffic into the quiet and simple Beijing old hutongs, low wires parallel to the mid-air, the wash of the blue sky evenly cut, the old man walking his dog is taking a walk, the large clusters of dandelions by the wind, outside the Forbidden City to begin their travels. In the fast-paced metropolis, return to the true nature and feel the traditional Chinese culture.