#Zhonghua Baluoke Fengqing Street Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Chinese Baroque style street
Located in the old Daowai of Harbin, on South Third, South Second, and South Head Dao Streets, the surrounding buildings are either renovated old buildings or replicas. The street is very quiet, with time-honored shops such as Bao Pu and Fan Ji Yong, and you must never come during meal times, as it gets incredibly crowded with people lining up and waiting for their number. It's too popular. The bronze statues in the streets and courtyards take you back in time, as if you were traveling to a bygone era.
xandoria_9508
Witness of an Era: Harbin's Old Daowai
Harbin's Old Daowai, a nostalgic corner of the city, is a historical treasure of Chinese Baroque. Located at No. 64, South Tou Dao Street, Daowai District, Harbin, every brick and tile here tells the story of the city's century-long rise and fall, and its vicissitudes.
Here, you can deeply feel a sense of nostalgia, a longing for the past, and a tender look back at the old streets. Each alley is like an open history book, with each page filled with unique scenery. The architectural style here is distinctive, brimming with the rich flavor of Chinese Baroque, making it an excellent spot for taking memorable photos.
You can stroll around the shops, discover various handicrafts and souvenirs, and taste the local specialties. Whether it's the rich flavors of barbecue, the mellow Harbin beer, or the unique Northeastern Chinese cuisine, the food here will make you linger and forget to return.
So, if you're looking for a place full of memories, and want to experience the unique charm of this city, then come to Harbin's Chinese Baroque! It will give you an unforgettable echo, allowing you to deeply understand the history and culture of this city, and feel that unique sense of nostalgia.
Orion_Stormrider/29
This is the Chinese Baroque
What is 'Baroque'? It is actually an artistic style from 17th century Italy, characterized by luxurious and passionate architecture with a strong romanticism. At the end of the 19th century, the construction of the Middle East Railway and the navigation of the Songhua River attracted a large number of foreigners and foreign capital. In the 1920s, growing national capitalists acquired land in the outskirts of Daowai, and the enthusiasm and prosperity of Baroque architecture just catered to their 'show-off' mentality. They copied the gorgeous Western-style buildings across the street and transformed the architecture with traditional Chinese decorative items. As a result, a series of 'Baroque' facades featured auspicious Chinese patterns such as bats, pomegranates, toads, and peonies. Considering the 'shop in front, factory in back' business model of Daowai, the traditional Chinese courtyard was utilized as 'living and storage space' in the architecture. Later, this style was named 'Chinese Baroque' by a Japanese scholar named Nishizawa Taihiko. Having said so much, in fact, the number of tourists who actually come here to see the buildings may not be many. More people are attracted by the fame of this place as a popular spot for internet celebrities. Now, the business operations here are very diverse, including restaurants, accommodations, cafes, bakeries, clothing stores, photography studios, and art shops. There's even a branch of the DeYun Society here. The management of the entire scenic area is also very well organized, with no street-side shop staff pulling in customers, clean and tidy roads, public restrooms that are complete and odor-free. It's really quite nice. There's also a small museum inside, free to visit, and the staff are very enthusiastic. If you have any questions, they can tell you everything. The whole scenic area is also free of charge, and there are many interesting places to take photos together. I guess it would take about half a day to go around the whole place. Hmm... I'm getting hungry, time to eat!
ALEXANDRA WOLFE
Visit Harbin's free courtyard with surprises!!
Located at 47 Baroque in Daowai, Harbin
This time the netizens really didn't lie to me! No disappointment
The center of the courtyard features a Northeastern big flower cloth wall, which has become a new landmark of Baroque
The bookstore is simply and comfortably decorated, attracting many people to read and study here
A combination of bookstore and cultural and creative products
A particularly interesting cultural and creative area
4 doors of different colors, each with its unique significance
Downstairs is the Renyi Han restaurant, offering coffee☕ and light meals, truly a time-honored internet-famous spot!
With the weather warming up, it's great to take a walk and sit in the courtyard to space out!
KAITLYN CRUZ
Harbin Travel! Free new landmark to check in!
Located at No. 47 Baroque Courtyard in Daowai, Harbin
This time, the netizens really didn't lie to me! No regrets at all
The center of the courtyard features a Northeastern big flower cloth wall, which has become the new landmark of Baroque
The bookstore is simply and comfortably furnished, attracting many people to come here for reading and studying
A combination of bookstore and cultural and creative collections
A particularly interesting cultural and creative area
4 doors of different colors, each with its unique significance
Downstairs is the Renyi Han restaurant, offering coffee☕ and light meals, truly a time-honored internet-famous store!
With the weather warming up, it's great to take a walk outside, sit in the courtyard, and daydream!
EMMANUEL JACOBS
Off the beaten path· Accidentally discovered a hidden niche museum here
Check-in|Museum address is located in Daowai District, Harbin City
Jingyu South Second Street, Chinese Baroque No.5 courtyard, next to Hongguang Wonton Restaurant
Just the guide sign has already attracted me
It seems like I can hear the caring words of the northeastern folks, 'The road is slippery, don't fall.' 'Go inside, it's big inside.'
I have to say, the northeastern dialect is really 'charming.'
This place is very suitable for to check in. Spend 20 yuan to buy a stamp book and you can stamp many, many stamps. There are Harbin Protected Buildings series
Old Daowai Street Customs series, Futiandian Old Brand series, etc. I felt the new fun of visiting the museum
It is recommended to visit in order from inside to outside
If you have time, you can read the introduction on the wall to understand the history and culture of Futiandian
Here are displayed from the various signs of the Middle East Railway period to the precious materials of Russian immigrants in Harbin to the early days of Harbin's establishment
Various cultural, life, and art relics
The passage of time
Reminds people of Harbin's century-old history
Hidden in the Baroque is a small museum with old objects and
Furniture old house layout some historical street signs of the old Daowai are worth a visit
There are some small souvenirs and postcards for sale, and there are popular stamps. You can bring your own book or buy it there. There are also fan styles, round and fan-shaped ones, which are another form of stamping. Immersed in the Baroque atmosphere, I seem to have traveled through time and space, returning to that era full of romance and legend. Feeling the unique charm of this city, my heart is filled with joy and tranquility.
There is also a small museum, no explanation, but there are text descriptions. Inside are some old objects. Picture six is the interior decoration of the Northeast back then
There are also Harbin specialty souvenirs for sale, the prices are within an acceptable range
It is still recommended to go and visit. The visit is free and some cultural and creative works are also sold.
77 yuan can have a beautiful book + all the stamps you want to stamp~ The stamps here are big and beautiful, they are the old-fashioned stamps that need to be brushed by yourself. If you are in a hurry or don't like the stamping process, you can buy a book stamped by the curator, but there are very few, it's a matter of luck.
Other priced books can be stamped with some stamps, if you bring your own book to stamp, some stamps are 20 yuan, all stamps are 53 yuan, but I just went for this hollowed out book, so I didn't consider it.
In addition to the ones displayed on the counter, there are also paid out-of-print stamps collected by the curator, and he gave me one, I'm so happy~
Set color stamps 10/sheet, with card paper. It's amazing! Really amazing! It looks great, I was very lucky to get the set color stamp of the Winter Olympics stamped by the curator, it's hard to stamp, and the effect is super good! Free
Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-20:00
Harbin Daowai District Jingyu South Second Street Chinese Baroque No.5 courtyard
ELIANA HILL
Yes, I also like Chinese Baroque
Chinese Baroque is indeed a very charming place. Here you can feel the perfect fusion of classical and modern!
A street not long, but it's like traveling through a world of East and West.
A street very beautiful, where culture and nature intertwine in day and night.
Turning from St. Sophia's Cathedral and then strolling here, there are many beautiful scenes that dazzle the eyes, and too many delicious foods that nourish the stomach.
Yes, I also like it here—Chinese Baroque.
JoshuaColeman789=
Chinese Baroque style
Harbin's streets are not just in Daoli, take some time to visit the Baroque style street in Daowai, there is another kind of scenery, the Western-style exterior hides Chinese heritage and tradition, probably only here can give such a strong perception. Daoli in Harbin was built by the Russians in 1890 with a total length of 1450 meters. It was built along the Dongqing Railway, also known as the Middle East Railway today, and houses and streets were built. At the beginning of the 20th century, a large amount of foreign capital poured into Harbin, followed by merchants from other European countries who also built their own businesses and residences on both sides of the street, most of whom were foreign immigrants. Central Street gradually formed its pure European architectural style, gathering various architectural styles of Europe at that time, and there were also consulates of various countries with their own national style buildings, and the square kilometer area of Daoli showed the world at that time.
If there is Daoli, there is Daowai, as taxi drivers in Harbin often say. Listen to them and go see it. Nowhere can better reflect the integration of Chinese and Western cultures, and the Chinese heritage and tradition that is firmly held in Western culture, than Daowai in Harbin. Daowai is relative to Daoli, the Westerners developed Daoli. The Chinese and national capital who went to the Northeast in the early 20th century built Daowai, which is today's Chinese Baroque style street. Walking into the block, what comes to the face is the straight street and the Baroque-style exterior walls decorated with gorgeous carvings. Each window frame and door frame has intricate flowers and bird carvings. Some building exteriors are dazzling, even more magnificent than Daoli, showing the gorgeousness of the Baroque style. In these intricate Western decorations, there are Chinese bloodline peony patterns in the rich and noble flowers, bats in the Hongfu Qitian, peaches in the Fulu Shouxi, such small ideas are everywhere. If you think that's all, you're wrong. Through the tall Baroque-style gate, the buildings inside are all Chinese-style flying eaves and corners, red walls and green tiles, and tall lanterns. It's a different world from the exterior wall. The Baroque is only limited to the exterior wall, and the wall firmly holds the ancient Chinese tradition, the delicate carved lattice windows, the partitions, the moon doors, the hard bones, the broad mind, make Daowai more complicated and gorgeous than Daoli, and the Baroque with Chinese background is full of vitality. Private capital opens businesses and workshops here, one by one shop, facing the customers from the south to the north, it is very lively, not inferior to Daoli.
Daoli is a collection of European architecture, where you can encounter Gothic, Rococo, Baroque, and Islamic domes.
Daowai is good at applying Baroque, integrating Chinese tradition in the delicate intricacy of Baroque, and becoming one.
Go to Daowai and take a good look at the carvings on the wall and the essence inside the door. The history of Harbin for a hundred years is short but equally heavy.
Jaylan Nienow
Zhonghua Baroque Style Street, also known as Old Dao Wai, is recommended for a visit when touring in Harbin, where you can experience the semi-Chinese and semi-foreign architecture and style
The transportation is convenient.
Zhonghua Baroque Style Street, also known as Old Dao Wai, is recommended for a visit when touring in Harbin, where you can experience the semi-Chinese and semi-foreign architecture and style.
The transportation can be subway + shared bicycle, the transportation in the provincial capital cities is very convenient.
The way to play is to stroll + eat and drink, the style street mainly consists of three streets, currently has a commercial trend, joined many internet celebrity check-in areas, whether it is day or night is very lively. There are folk museums, Errenzhuan performances, etc.
xavier_demetrius_nightshade
Chinese Baroque Travel Guide
If you ask me whether the Chinese Baroque Street is worth a visit, I will definitely tell you to go and see it.
After all, in my eyes, in my heart, apart from 'snow', Harbin should have many different styles, perhaps also 'thousands of styles', and the Chinese Baroque Street is just one of the 'styles'. Harbin Travel Guide|Chinese Baroque District❤️Old Daowai|||Unlike the old buildings around the verge of collapse, the buildings in the scenic area are newly renovated, as if they are not in the same dimension. It is surrounded by Jingyu Street and Nanxun Street from north to south, and the South Second Street in it has been built into a commercial food street; after visiting the entire old Daowai, you can come here to choose a shop to rest.
🎈Location: No. 64, South Tou Street, Daoli District, Harbin
🚇Subway: Get off at Chinese Baroque District Station on Line 3
🚌Bus: Take Route 1 or 28 in Old Daowai and get off at Jingyu Tou Street Station;
💰Ticket: Free
⏰Opening hours: All day
Old City New Market
▲Although the renovated old buildings are obviously not as lively and flying as those original buildings outside, at least we see the possibility of these old buildings in the future; it is better to be able to repair than to let it live and die.
▲What's different from the outside is that after the buildings here are renovated, tourists can go into the backyard to understand the structure of the Chinese Baroque courtyard. The internal characteristic courtyards and alleys crisscross, and if you go deeper, you may sometimes find surprises.
▲The shops facing the street are mainly in Baroque style. Once you enter the courtyard, you can see the Chinese-style courtyard. It doesn't feel abrupt or awkward, it seems to have a unique flavor.
Quiet Commercial Pedestrian Street
▲The overall scale of the style street is not large, South Second Street and South Third Street are two main roads. We walked around the two main roads clockwise, which is more grounded than the high-end Central Street, and also shows the folk customs of Harbin.
▲ Maybe there are not many tourists, the commercial atmosphere does not feel too strong, many shops along the street are not open; old buildings have opened hostels, restaurants, cafes, tea rooms, souvenir shops and other formats. Murals, statues, and internet celebrity shooting points are also typical scenic area operation ideas.
🍗Eat in Daowai
In Harbin, there is a saying that 'eat in Daowai'. There are many similar old restaurants on the street, and the old Dingfeng at the street corner is the most famous old pastry shop in Harbin.
North Third First Old Lady Barbecue
It is a shop that has been on 'A String of Life', moved from Songguang Hutong to this regular scenic spot, a must-experience for barbecue lovers.
Old Dingfeng
Founded in 1911, it has a history of 100 years. The bread, cakes, pastries, popsicles and various cooked foods of Old Dingfeng are loved by locals. Especially the popsicles here are definitely not inferior to Madieer popsicles.
Zhang Bao Shop
Founded in 1902, it is also a century-old shop. In Harbin, it is equivalent to Goubuli Baozi in Tianjin, but the price is lower, the taste is better, and the cost performance is higher. It is one of the most famous snacks in the old Daowai.
Zhang Fei's Meat
One of the top ten famous snacks in Harbin, the shop is not big, and the decoration is exquisite. The meat is amazing, the lean meat is not firewood, and it is delicious.
Fan Ji Yong
A very authentic Chinese restaurant in Harbin, founded in 1912, and it has a history of 100 years so far. Various dumplings with large meat and thin skin, especially the three fresh dumplings are the most famous.
BookwormsRUs
Nineties Laowai Road | Chinese Baroque Historic and Cultural Block
| Chinese Baroque Historic and Cultural Block. The Chinese Baroque Historic and Cultural Block is one of the top ten historic and cultural preservation blocks in Harbin, located in the middle of Daowai District of Harbin City, adjacent to the Songhua River, with good location conditions and convenient transportation. Daowai District has a hundred-year history and is the birthplace of Harbin's ethnic commerce and industry. With the changes and development of the city, Daowai District gradually declined, but as the 'living fossil' of the opening of Harbin City, Daowai District carries a profound cultural spirit, colorful folk customs and traditional virtues passed down from generation to generation, and is an important source of exploring urban memory.
In the Chinese Baroque Historic and Cultural Block of Daowai District, many citizens and tourists are shopping, eating, and sightseeing. Under the contrast of white snow, hundreds of big red lanterns hanging on the streets and in the courtyards are even more beautiful and festive. The old restaurants on both sides of the street are booming, and the aroma of delicious food permeates the entire block, making people drool.
LyraNebulon789-
Chinese Baroque Style Street‖A fusion of Chinese and Western architecture and culture
❤Reason for recommendation:
Chinese Baroque Style Street is located at the intersection of Nantoudao Street and Qiangyu Street in Daowai District, Harbin. It is a part of the old Daowai South Three, South Two, and Nantoudao Streets. This is a gathering place for renovated and imitated old buildings, and it is quite popular. Chinese Baroque Style Street is famous for its unique architectural style and profound cultural heritage.
1: Unique architectural style. Baroque is an artistic style that originated in Italy in the 17th century. Its architecture is luxurious and passionate, with a strong romantic color. On the Chinese Baroque Style Street, we can see Baroque buildings with strong colors, luxurious decorations, and delicate carvings. These buildings are recognized as one of the great architectural styles in Europe.
2: Profound cultural heritage. The style of the Baroque architectural school here is integrated into the national tradition, creating a valuable and unique fusion of Chinese and Western architecture. Chinese Baroque has deeply integrated into the blood of Harbin, becoming a culture, a history, and a memory of this city.
matilda.evelyn.rosewood
Harbin | Chinese Baroque Style Street | Exotic Style
🚇 Line 3/Chinese Baroque Station· Exit 1️⃣
👉 (There are staff guiding at the subway exit)
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🕌 About Eating
Ronghua Fried Chicken/Fried Chicken Leg➕Fried Chicken
Zhang Bao Shop/Three Fresh Buns➕Ribs🍖Buns
Lao Dingfeng/Changbai Cake
Zhang Fei Grilled Meat/Grilled Meat➕Subo Soup
Li's Casserole Residence/Oil Cake➕Sauce Bone➕Casserole Tofu
(It is recommended to eat some snacks in the scenic area‼️ It's not worth waiting for more than 15 minutes in line, you can go to the old Dao Wai to eat Northeastern cuisine)
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🕌 About Stamping
Baroque Museum
Small Print Lane
(Both of these stores have to buy the stamp book in the store, and there are more than a hundred stamps to be stamped, like the hollow stamp book of the museum)
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🕌 About Shopping
There are Northeastern specialties in the scenic area
Among them, red sausage/bread sand one gram/Madier
👉You can buy some to taste, if you want to take it home, it is not recommended to enter here
👉Fridge magnets and souvenirs, look at several shops, bargain
👉Others/Matryoshka ginseng powder and so on, not recommended
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🕌 About Taking Photos📸
For those who like Baroque style buildings
Exit the subway and turn left, along Jingyu Street
There are many old buildings from the past, more feeling
They are all protective buildings around 1900
Now they are all fenced up
Can only see the upper part
KNOX BOOTH
Harbin
It's not Europe! In Harbin! 200 yuan.... I'm tired of being asked
I went to Harbin for a trip before, and my boyfriend chose this hotel without thinking. I didn't expect this hotel to be so stunning. The Baroque architecture flashed in a second, and my European friends were all envious and crying!
The century-old building in the Chinese Baroque block, I was really amazed as soon as I entered the door, the decoration style of the lobby is the style of the Republic of China, with a strong cultural atmosphere.
The location of the hotel is very good, there is a pedestrian street outside the door, you can walk to the famous scenic spot in Harbin, Chinese Baroque, there are also many gourmet shops nearby, you can feast on
The bed in the room is very comfortable to sleep in, and it is very clean! The hotel also provides free travel shooting clothes, the breakfast is too rich, all kinds of tastes can be satisfied! There are three sets of bathing in the bathtub, and the little sister with cleanliness does not have to worry
Chl03 @nd3rs0n
The preservation and continuation of the Baroque memory outside the old road makes visitors more intuitive and feel the ancient memories and history of Harbin. But the decline of the building also tells the bleakness of the bustling. At that time, several old people were holding fans and discussing the architectural art on the old house. They lamented the exquisite carving, lamented the passage of time, lamented the neglect of youth, and suddenly found out when people left. These abandoned buildings are so beautiful and so precious.
But I guess, what they really miss is not just the beauty of architecture, but the memory of youth, the life of the past. No matter which lane you cross, you will see a familiar shop, such as the cooked food shop, Harbin Red Intestine Shop, Tofu Shop, Harbin Grandma Grill, old cinema, etc. These shops are now available everywhere in Harbin. But the memory of the shops belonging to this place has long ceased to exist. People who are unwilling to leave are still living in these "small and ugly" old houses.
Danae.
The old building with the brick wall falling off is faintly visible. The baroque style is exquisite in the past. The carving on the outer wall of the house is still fresh. It has auspicious meanings such as bat, pomegranate, plate length, gold plaque and peony. Foreigners build Western art here. At the same time of the building, we still do not forget to infiltrate the Chinese characteristics, which seems to be a foreshadowing of the integration with Harbin life.
Gloomy rainy days, these old buildings that have been "forgotten" still have some residents, the most striking is the "old lady barbecue", which is placed in the door of an inconspicuous dark alley. A charcoal-blackened grill, the old red signboard is so conspicuous, this is one of the most traditional and ancient brands in Harbin, and many people are full of childhood memories. These ancient buildings outside the
old roads connect people's past years with today's life. The surrounding modern houses and shops are more or less blended. The blue iron skin around the dangerous houses forms a wall. For example, the "Baroque" has become a thing of the past, but the roof of the wall rises high and seems to be trying to integrate today.