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2 unusual facts about Xicheng District


Hutong

In Xicheng District, for example, nearly 200 hutongs out of the 820 it held in 1949 have disappeared.

Line 2, Beijing Subway

Line 2 encircles the old city center districts of Dongcheng and Xicheng and skirts the western edge of Chaoyang.


Beijing Concert Hall

The Beijing Concert Hall (北京音乐厅; Beijing Yinyueting) is located on the Beixinhuajie in Xicheng District, near the west Chang'an Avenue, on the south of Liubukou.

Cultural Palace of Nationalities

The Cultural Palace of Nationalities (民族文化宫) is located in Beijing's Xicheng District, on West Chang'an Avenue.

Xuanwu District, Beijing

Wenfei Wang, Shangyi Zhou, and C. Cindy Fan, the authors of "Growth and Decline of Muslim Hui Enclaves in Beijing," stated in 2002 that Beijing's economic development was northward oriented and the economic development in the Xuanwu District "lags behind" Dongcheng District and Xicheng District, adjacent districts located towards the north.


see also

Taoranting

Taoranting Park (陶然亭公园), city park in the former Xuanwu District, which is now part of Xicheng District

Xuanwu District

Xuanwu District, Beijing (宣武区), former district that was merged into Xicheng District