Beijing Zhengyang Bookhouse: Where Pagoda Shadows Turn Pages

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📍 Location: Xicheng District, Beijing (inside 800-year-old Wanfu Pavilion)

Housed within a Jin Dynasty brick pagoda (1160 AD), this unique bookstore guards the soul of old Beijing through:

Architectural Marvel
• 13-meter Ancient Pagoda: Reading nooks in converted prayer spaces
• Ming-era Stone Tablets: Embedded in walls with magnifying glasses provided
• Courtyard Scholar's Garden: Ink-stained desks under persimmon trees

Why Bibliophiles Love It
✓ Authenticity: Books stored in ancient sutra cabinets
✓ Community: Retired professors volunteer as booksellers
✓ Time Travel: 1960s library ladder slides between Qing and Republican-era sections

Visitor Tips
🎫 Free entry (books ¥30-3000)
🚇 Nearest metro: Line 4 Xisi Station (Exit D)

Post by Winnie21 | Aug 30, 2025