The Ruifuxiang Silk Store at the Qianmen Street, Beijing. (Photo: China.org.cn)

Qianmen also forms a link with the life of old Beijing, often associated with the old hutongs. To get the sights and sounds and smells of a communal life outside the courtyard walls, travel further to the west. 

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A shop at the Qianmen Street offers many Tibetan style articles. (Photo: China.org.cn)