beijing: fangshan tea house re-opens at its original location in beihai park
2024-08-29
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yesterday (28th), the former fangshan tea house reappeared in the fangshan restaurant located on the north bank of beihai park in beijing, bringing a variety of affordable palace cakes. the time-honored food culture that originated in the late qing dynasty and early republic of china and carries a deep palace cultural heritage has attracted many tourists to come and "check in".
walking into the store, the classical and elegant decoration style with bright yellow as the main color gives off a strong palace style. various cakes are neatly arranged on the counter, including palace-style cakes such as fuling paste and palace milk cake, as well as pictographic snacks of various shapes such as walnut cake and persimmon cake, as well as convenient cakes and staple foods such as jujube flower cake, pea yellow, almond tofu, and dream-fulfilling biscuits.
the reporter learned that fangshan tea house is the predecessor of the time-honored fangshan restaurant, which opened in beihai park in 1925 and mainly sells tea, palace snacks and hot dishes. in 1956, it was renamed fangshan restaurant, and then its scale gradually expanded and became an important place to receive chinese and foreign guests. in 2011, the production skills of fangshan qing imperial cuisine were included in the national intangible cultural heritage protection list.
this year marks the 99th anniversary of the brand. fangshan restaurant has opened a special area, integrating traditional and modern elements, and the newly built fangshan tea house is unveiled at the original site. the tea house restores the palace cakes from the late qing dynasty and the early republic of china, and brings the profound palace cultural heritage behind it into the public eye in an affordable and people-friendly form. photo by our reporter wu yibin
