Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall

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  • Address
    20 Qianmen Dongdajie, Chóngwén
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  • Phone
    6701 7074
  • Transport
    underground rail: Qianmen

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Lonely Planet review

This little-visited exhibition hall takes particular pains to present Běijīng's gut-wrenching, hútòng -felling metamorphosis in the best possible light. English labelling is sadly scarce; the only exhibits of note are a detailed bronze map of the town in 1949 - ironically the very year that sealed the fate of old Peking - and a huge, detailed diorama of the modern metropolis.

The rest of the exhibition is a paean to modern city planning and the unstoppable advance of the concrete mixer, while 3-D films trumpet 'The New Běijīng'.