Renovation of the Qianmen Dajie area in Beijing, China.

A refurbished street in Beijing

北京的前门大街 正式 开放reopening of QianMen Da Jie August7， 2008

The centre of Beijing. Shooting and editing by abelvideo Music by Felix L'Amour

TOURING QIANMEN ON FOOT.

十一国庆 前门Qianmen National Day Oct 1 很多人啊！LOTS of people！

Walking up from the South gate of Gu Gong, the Forbidden City, and through Tian'Anmen Square, past the Great Hall Of The People, you will see these historical marvels! I will get the proper names very soon....

Busker in Beijing on September 1, 2007. Near the southern end of Tianamen Square; Qianmen.

the front gate of beijing

晚上的 前门大街 （五之三）QianMen Da Jie at night 3 of 5

晚上的 前门大街 （五之一） QianMen Da Jie at night 1 of 5

晚上的 前门大街 （五之二） QianMen Da Jie at night 2 of 5

晚上的 前门大街 （五之五）QianMen Da Jie at night 5 of 5

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晚上的 前门大街 （五之四）QianMen Da Jie at night 4 of 5 北京 Beijing

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a visit to Beijing OCT 2008

Southwest of Qianmen and Tiananmen Square in Beijing is a maze of narrow alleyways stretching from the theater and market street of Dazhalan all the way west to Liulichang, Beijing's antique and traditional Chinese art supplies street. In the Qing Dynasty, this area was the city's commercial quarter where travelling tradesmen and local commoners who were not allowed to live in the Manchurian City (sometimes called Tartar City in English language accounts) north of Qianmen. It was also the place where Beijing opera really took off, and the area of choice for theaters, tea houses, inns, opium dens and brothels. As Beijing prepares for the Olympics, this historic quarter's future is uncertain. This episode of the Hard Hat Show is an interview with American writer Mike Meyer, who is living in the area and writing a book about it, to be published next year by Walker / Bloomsbury. He has been living in a small room in a communal courtyard, volunteer teaching at schools, and getting to know the community. He tells us about the history and future of the neighborhood, and the problem of preserving the area in the face of Beijing's hyperspeed urban development. This video is also available at Danwei TV, where there are links to other ways to see the video, including an option to download the entire video as a Quicktime file. Credits: Shot and edited by Luke Mines, presented by Jeremy Goldkorn, with music by Fernando Fidanza. www.danwei.tv http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

The ancient street of Qianmen in Beijing has reopened just in time for the Beijing Olympic Games after the restoration completed.

http://www.scmp.com/video We take a sneak preview of Beijing's ultimate gentrification project - Qianmen Street. With its history dating back over 300 years, 9.2 billion yuan was spent restoring the street to its former glory in time for the Olympics. But officials revealed that it will not be open before the Games begin.

Tiananmen Square stands on the central north-south axis of the old Imperial city. In fact, there was no square here during the time of the emperors, only a wide boulevard, the Imperial Way, lined with state offices. The Imperial Way ran from the Gate of Heavenly Peace south to Qianmen (Front Gate), which still stands guard at the southern end of Tiananmen Square. Qianmen was one of the nine great gates when Beijing possessed its city walls. (They were removed in 1958.) The Imperial Way was the southern axis of the city, stretching from the Forbidden City all the way to the Temple of Heaven. Qianmen, which dates back nearly 500 years, remains a city landmark. Read more at my blog: http://www.irish-guy.com

Taking the #22 city bus from our hostel near Qianmen to Xidan.

The last episode of Danwei TV's Hard Hat Show was an interview with the writer Mike Meyer, who is completing a book about his experiences living in the hutong area west of Qianmen. He introduced us to a Chinese writer living in the area, Zhang Jinqi. Zhang has recently published a book about the history of that area: The Carnal History of The Eight Big Hutongs (八大胡同的尘缘旧事, available on Chinese online retailersJoyo.com and Dangdang.com. This episode is a brief interview with Zhang, where we find out a little more about the area's colorful and bawdy history, and get Zhang's views on restoration of historical sites in China. Aside from writing boooks, Zhang is also organizing the online archive of historical materials about Chinese buildings and cities at MemoryOfChina.org. This episode is also available on www.danwei.tv, where there are links to different ways to watch the video. Credits: Shot and edited by Luke Mines, presented by Jeremy Goldkorn, music by Fernando Fidanza http://danwei.org Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at http://www.sexybeijing.tv

a blind musician in the gubeikou region of Beijing, near the Great Wall. Played on a Sanxian (3 string). I believe the song is about returning to Qianmen. Can someone verify this or write the lyrics? I can't get everything.