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Beijing, the center of a vast continent and the land of emperors for the past thousand years. The splendid historical sites such as Tiananmen and the Forbidden City are beautiful, but the true charm of Beijing lies in the lively back alleys where people live and the cultural spaces where they enjoy simple elegance and style. The spaces where emperors lived are now spaces where ordinary citizens live, although there may be a gap between the rich and the poor. Beijing, a place where various ethnic groups and cultures coexist harmoniously Although it has recently faded due to the strengthening of the Han policy, Beijing is home to various people and cultures from 56 ethnic minorities. There are ethnic cultural centers where you can see the cultures and lifestyles of various ethnic minorities at a glance, and restaurants where you can taste their unique foods. The entire city is a living, breathing history museum. In Beijing, with 3,000 years of history, you cannot just pass up a single street shop. The streets of Beijing are filled with streets with a long history, from the Dongren Pharmacy that made Wuhuangqingxinhuan and presented it to the emperor, the 200-year-old Naeyeonseung shoe store that made shoes for Qing officials, Mao Zedong, and Deng Xiaoping, to Gubuli that made dumplings that Empress Dowager Cixi liked, to a huge antique market that even foreign presidents often visit when visiting China. In Chuandixia, which still has the old house structure from the Ming and Qing Dynasties for 600 years, we meet the humble Chinese people and their proud appearance, and we encounter a new China that we do not know. #Beijing #Tiananmen #Emperor's Land