Cathay Bookshop

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  • Address
    34 Liulichang Xijie, Xidān
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  • Phone
    6303 2104
  • Transport
    underground rail: Hepingmen

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Lonely Planet review

There are several branches of the Cathay Bookshop on Liulichang. This branch (Gǔjí Shūdiàn), on the south side of Liulichang Xijie opposite Róngbǎozhāi, is worth checking out for its wide variety of colour art books on Chinese painting, ceramics and furniture, and its range of books on religion (most books are in Chinese). Upstairs has more art books, stone rubbings and antiquarian books. The store takes MasterCard and Visa.

There's another branch at 18 Liulichang Xijie that has a paper cuts exhibition on the 2nd floor. It also sells an interesting set of bookmarks (around Y10 ) - photographs of the old Qing imperial household, including snapshots of Reginald Johnson (Last Emperor Henry Puyi's English tutor), Puyi practising shadow boxing, eunuchs and Cixi dressed as Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin). Another branch at Liulichang Dongjie (106 Liulichang Dongjie).