Yichi Street

Yichi Street

Although Yichi street is called "Dajie", it is still a Hutong. Although it is the shortest Hutong in Beijing, it is not only one foot long, but about 30 meters long. Although the street is short, it is the epitome of the old Beijing Hutong, with obvious old Beijing cultural characteristics.

Yichi street is located in the west section of Yangmei Zhuxie street in Beijing. It is only about ten meters long. It is southeast of the east entrance of Liulichang East Street, east entrance of Tongzi Hutong and north entrance of cherry Hutong. This street is the shortest Hutong in Beijing from east to west. At that time, the three shops in the north of Hutong road were all lettering shops; the three shops in the south of Hutong road were: the wine vat in the west, the blacksmith shop in the middle, and the barber shop in the East, close to the north entrance of cherry Hutong. A Hutong, one foot street, ten meters long, with only six shops, was a miniature of Beijing Hutong.

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Historical evolution

In the area of Dashilan outside qianmenwai, there is a Yangmei Zhuxie Street connected with Liulichang East Street. The west section of this street was formerly called Yichi street. Chen Zongfan, a Jinshi in the late Qing Dynasty, wrote in his 1931 Yandu congkao: "from Yangmei Zhuxie street to Yichi street in the West and Liulichang in the West." Yichi street has a history of at least 70 years.

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There are six shops in Yichi street, three in Lubei are lettering shops, and three in Lunan are pubs, blacksmiths and barbershops. Although Yichi street is called "Dajie", it is still a Hutong. Although it is the shortest Hutong in Beijing, it is not only one foot long, but more than 20 meters long.

Related events

On December 26, 2015, the construction headquarters of Dashilan Liulichang in Xicheng District of Beijing unveiled the landmark of "Yichi Street", and invited nearby residents to participate in the standing long jump competition, arousing people's 100 year memory of the old Hutong. Yichi street was once the shortest Hutong in Beijing, about 30 meters long. It was located in the Dashilan area outside the front gate of Beijing. It was later merged into a section of Yangmei Zhuxie street. The placement of the landmark "Yichi Street" aims to attract people's attention to Beijing Hutong and old Beijing culture.

Tourism situation

There are 114 hutongs in Dashilan area that still retain the texture of hutongs in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Wu Liangyong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences, calls them the teaching materials of Chinese urban history. In recent years, some dilapidated courtyards in Dashilan street of Xicheng District have been renovated according to the original historical appearance, restoring the style of green brick, grey tile and red paint doors and windows, and opening them to tourists free of charge in batches, according to the relevant person in charge of Xicheng District.

Address: West Section of Yangmei Zhuxie street, Xicheng District, Beijing, between the north entrance of Tongzi Hutong and the north entrance of cherry Hutong

Longitude: 116.38933592227

Latitude: 39.895011628149

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