Brick Tower Hutong is one of the oldest alleys in Beijing, and one of the alleys with less damage and better preserved styles (it is very old), and the Yuan Dynasty has it. The brick tower alley is located near the West Fourth Archway. The name brick tower alley comes from a blue brick ancient tower standing in the alley. This tower is the teacher of the famous Yuan Dynasty Yelu Chucai, the senior monk Wansong at the time of Jinyuan.
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Brick Tower Hutong is one of the oldest alleys in Beijing, and one of the alleys with less damage and better preserved styles (it is very old), and the Yuan Dynasty has it. The brick tower alley is located near the West Fourth Archway. The name brick tower alley comes from a blue brick ancient tower standing in the alley. This tower is the teacher of the famous Yuan Dynasty Yelu Chucai, the senior monk Wansong at the time of Jinyuan.
There is an ancient tower at the east entrance of the brick tower Hutong on West Siding Street in Beijing. It is called Wansong Old Man Tower. It is now the seat of a book office. It is said that an old monk is buried under the tower. Opposite the tower is a Tsinghua Beijing-style restaurant, which mainly serves roast duck. It tastes good.
The oldest alley is on the west side of the T-shaped intersection of Beijing's West Fourth South Street. There is a 700-year-old alley-brick tower alley. The name comes from the octagonal seven-fold blue-gray brick tower at the east entrance of the alley. The tower is called "Yuan Wansong Old Man Tower", built in memory of Wansong Old Man. Wansong Old Man is the teacher of the famous emperor Yelu Chucai in the Yuan Dynasty. At the time of Jinyuan, the senior monk Wansong Old Man was buried in the tower after the silence, so the tower was called Wansong Old Man Tower. As for the year when the tower was built, its precise time has been no longer considered, but according to the historical data, the brick tower has been more than 700 years old, and the age of the brick tower alley has also come from it. The history of Wansong Old Man Tower is to visit Hu and Baidu and learn... Now the yard where Wansong Old Man Tower is located has become Zhengyang Book Bureau, which mainly operates Beijing folk books and literary works with Beijing flavor, ancient style and ancient charm.
Old Beijing Hutong, convenient transportation, tourists come here.
Very characteristic alley, it is worth a card!