Longtoujing Street

Longtoujing Street

Located in Xicheng District of Beijing, it starts from Dingfu street in the north and ends at Di'anmen West Street in the south. There was a well in the street, formerly known as "Renren well". It is said that the water in the well is clear, so the water bearer can see his face clearly as soon as he lowers his head, just like looking in a mirror. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, there was a severe drought. The water in Beijing was as expensive as oil, and nine out of ten wells in the city were dry. But the water in this headwell is getting more and more abundant day by day. People are very strange. One day, a young monk from a nearby temple came to draw water. He vaguely found a tap in the well water. It seemed that he was spitting water. When the news reached the emperor's ears, he sent officials to check it. When the visitor looked down on the well head, he saw a tap. The official was surprised. At this time, he heard the magpie call and looked up to see a magpie falling on the ancient temple. The official suddenly realized that it was the kiss of a bird reflected in the well, which looked like a dragon's head. But this one comes and goes, the dragon head well is called to open, and the alley where the well is located has also become the dragon head well street.

history

Longtoujing street has been known as Longdao village for more than 1000 years since the Tang Dynasty. In the old days, it was divided into North and South sections.

The north section was called Renren well in Ming Dynasty and Longtou well in Qing Dynasty. The southern section is called nanyaowang Temple Street because there is a Yaowang temple built in the third year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty.

There is Yaowang temple on the old Gulou Street, as well as here, one in the South and one in the north. The temple is located to the west of the south end of longtoujing street. Today, it is located at 73 West anmen street. The Hong Kong office in Beijing still has the main hall and the auxiliary hall.

No. 36-38 in the middle of the street is the south side hall and ear room of Guanyin nunnery in nanqianchuan Hutong.

past

Longtoujing 32 is the second place where Hou Baolin lived when he was a child in Beijing

"We don't live in the weaving and dyeing Bureau anymore. The second place I live in after I came to Beijing is about 100 meters away from the house I live in now, which is called longtoujing. Now the house number is No.32, which is the gate to the east of the road. We live in a small east room facing the street, a little lower than other people's big room. The South gable next to the small east room is the toilet. I can imagine how poor the conditions were in the place where I lived at that time. "

No. 42, Tianshou temple, was built during the reign of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt during the reign of Guangxu. It is the ancestral hall of Prince Gongqin's residence, belonging to the family temple type of religious place. Tianshou Temple faces south from the north, with the words "ancient temple Tianshou Temple" on the mountain gate. There are 33 rooms in the hall: three in the front hall, three in the East and three in the west, three in the back hall, two in the left and right ear rooms, and three in the East and three in the West. It is dedicated to Sakyamuni Buddha, Guandi, Guanyin and Western sages. The courtyard is now a mess.

At 24 longtoujing street, there is a granny Ding who is over 80 years old. She has adopted hundreds of stray cats and dogs alone for many years. In recent years, many volunteers have regularly helped granny Ding clean up and take care of small animals, and tried to raise funds. But as granny Ding's story is known to more and more people, there are more and more people who abandon cats and dogs here......

Address: between Dingfu street and sanzuoqiao Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing.

Longitude: 116.3866266

Latitude: 39.9345206

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