QIANSHI Hutong is located near the Dashilan’er commercial street,just on the west side of Zhubaoshi Street.With its narrowest point preserved at 40 cm,it is the most constricted alley in Beijing’s city limits.It was...QIANSHI Hutong is located near the Dashilan’er commercial street,just on the west side of Zhubaoshi Street.With its narrowest point preserved at 40 cm,it is the most constricted alley in Beijing’s city limits.It was,once upon a time,China’s Wall Street. "Qianshi" literally means "money market." The hutong’s history can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911), when it was Beijing’s official area for currency trading.Home to 26 governmentauthorized mints that produced coins for all the city’s banks,large business firms,展开更多
文摘QIANSHI Hutong is located near the Dashilan’er commercial street,just on the west side of Zhubaoshi Street.With its narrowest point preserved at 40 cm,it is the most constricted alley in Beijing’s city limits.It was,once upon a time,China’s Wall Street. "Qianshi" literally means "money market." The hutong’s history can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911), when it was Beijing’s official area for currency trading.Home to 26 governmentauthorized mints that produced coins for all the city’s banks,large business firms,