Built in yuan dynasty, Nanluogu Xiang is among one of the oldest hutongs around and has been marked for cultural heritage preservation, and also is one of the 25 old Beijing town cultural heritage preservation. Nanluogu Xiang is like a ‘chessboard’ in shape, where centralizes variety of Siheyuan and many historical relics.
Years of hundred have consumed the splendor of this Yuan Dynasty artery. Nanluogu Xiang stretches from the north to the south which is about 1000 meters, there are eight parallel hutong lying each side of the road, which makes the street topographically like a chilopod, therefore people call it ‘Chilopod Street’. Nanluogu Xiang was belonged to the Bordered Yellow Banner at Qing Dynasty, and out side of the town used to live the Han nationality people, ever since that Nanluogu Xiang mainly lived some rich people, nowadays Nanluogu Xiang is become the third bar street next to Sanlitun and Shichahai, not so much noise and sophisticated faces here, delicacy is all it suggests, for its unique quietness as a congregation zone of bars, for its ancient architectures presenting a faithful picture of old Beijing, and for the leisure and ease of those bar-goers in this hutong. Beautiful nocturne, tranquil, romantic and scented bars, all make your presence here a memorable stay.