琉璃厂

琉璃廠

Liúlíchǎng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Liulichang, old street in Beijing known for antique books, paintings and calligraphy supplies

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

琉璃厂有很多卖字画的老店。

Liúlíchǎng yǒu hěnduō mài zìhuà de lǎo diàn.

Liulichang has many old shops selling calligraphy and paintings.

HSK 7-9

他常去琉璃厂买毛笔和宣纸。

Tā cháng qù Liúlíchǎng mǎi máobǐ hé xuānzhǐ.

He often goes to Liulichang to buy brushes and xuan paper.

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history

The name means "glazed-tile works": in the Yuan and Ming, kilns here made the glazed tiles (琉璃) for the palace roofs. In the Qing, scholars who came to Beijing for the imperial exams lodged nearby, and booksellers and antique dealers set up shop for them.

culture

Its best-known shop is 荣宝斋, famous for woodblock prints that copy Chinese paintings stroke for stroke. The street lies next to 厂甸, home of a Spring Festival temple fair.

Stroke Order

琉 liú

璃 lí

厂 chǎng