CHINA BEIJING TIAN AN MEN DASHILAN BUSINESS AND CULTURAL AREA 2

Dashilan Subdistrict (Chinese : 大栅栏街道; pinyin: Dàshilànr Jiēdào) - Also known as Dashilanr or Dashilar with Erhua is a subdistrict on eastern side of Xicheng District in Beijing, China

Dashilanr is located to the south of Tiananmen Square, west of Qianmen Street. The overall length of Dashilanr is 275 metres (902 ft) from east to west

For centuries - the traditional commercial street Dashilanr has held quite a few China Time-honored Brands (Chinese: 老字号; pinyin: Lǎo zìhào) which are well-known in China

The China Time-honored Brands, such as
CHINESE HERBAM MEDISINE STORE - Tongrentang (Chinese: 同仁堂; pinyin: Tóngréntáng)
-SILK STORE : Rui Fu Xiang (Chinese: 瑞蚨祥; pinyin: ruìfúxiáng)
-HAT STORE : Ma Ju Yuan (Chinese: 马聚元; pinyin: Mǎjùyuán)
-SHOE STORE : Nei Lian Sheng (Chinese: 内联升; pinyin: Neìliánshéng)
-TEA SHOP : Zhang Yi Yuan (Chinese: 张一元; pinyin: Zhāngyīyuán)
PICKLE SHOP : Liu Bi Ju (Chinese: 六必居; pinyin: Liùbìjū)

As well as

Yi Pin Zhai (Chinese: 一品斋; pinyin: Yīpǐnzhāi)
Bu Ying Zhai (Chinese: 步瀛斋; pinyin: Bùyíngzhāi)
Ju Shun He (Chinese: 聚顺和; pinyin: Jùshùnhé)
Chang Sheng Kui (Chinese: 长盛魁; pinyin: Chángshèngkuí) are over 100 years old

Dashilan is also a famous business street outside Qianmen.Now the term Dashilan is also used to refer to the area comprising, besides Dashilan itself, also the Langfang Toutiao Lane, Liangshidian Street and Meishi Street

Dashilanr was also the former entertainment center of Beijing apart from the commercial center

There were five grand Chinese opera theaters in Dashilanr
-Qingle Yuan (Chinese: 庆乐园; pinyin: Qìnglèyuán)
-Sanqing Yuan (Chinese: 三庆园; pinyin: Sānqìngyuán)
-Guangde Lou (Chinese: 广德楼; pinyin: Guǎngdélóu)
-Guanghe Yuan (Chinese: 广和园; pinyin: Guǎnghéyuán)
-Tongle Yuan (Chinese: 同乐园; pinyin: Tónglèyuán)

The first movie theater in Beijing, Daguan Lou (Chinese: 大观楼; pinyin: Dàguānlóu) are also situated there