The commercial history of Longfu Temple lasts 550 years, so it has a historical atmosphere and peaceful citizens’ atmosphere, and even the name of its street has an ancient feeling. The commercial functions of Longfu Temple are folk-like, popular and fashionable. The major consumers it aims are the common citizens of Beijing. With the appearance of Dongan Market and the south-oriented removal of paintings and antiques industry to Liulichang Culture Street, the selling targets of Longfu Temple Fair is shifted to the lower class of society, forming business-oriented features of serving daily necessities and local flavor snacks.

Shopping Guidance

The Commercial Street of Longfu Temple is gradually formed on the basis of old Beijing Temple Fair, and this street has become one of most dense commercial streets in terms of Beijing’s shopping centers. The west side mainly serves traditional snacks, clothes, touring products; the middle part is centered on the Longfu Building and Longfu Square, providing entertainment service; the east side has various retail stores enjoying a monopoly. All of these stores together make Longfu Temple a modern street on its traditional basis and also an extension and supplement of Wangfujing’s commercial culture.

Delicious Food and Entertainment

National snacks are focused on the Longfu Temple Snack Street, where authentic bean juice, Jiaoquan, Luzhu and various roasted food are provided. Here customers can also buy various native products and enjoy various Beijing flavor snacks and appreciate folk opera of old Beijing. What’s more important, Longfu Temple Street is perhaps the most popular street in terms of cinema.

Watching Focus

According to research, the formation and development of business in the Longfu Temple area is closely connected with the activities of the local temple and religion. With the booming development of temples here, visitors are in rapid increase, gradually forming temple fairs. Beijing snacks, ancient and old books, antique calligraphy and painting, folk crafts, flowers and birds and tea garden and opera shows are everywhere. Therefore this street is one of the famous commercial streets and ancient cultural streets in Beijing.

Address: From Dongsi North Street in Dong District to Arts Museum of East Street

Transportation: Take Bus No. 109, 112, 106, 110, 101, 116 bus or Kangsi Special route