[2025 Tangshan Attraction] Travel Guide for Peiren Historical and Cultural Street (Updated Jul)

#Overseas travel #China travel #China 🏮Retro sensibility explosion! Dangsan Baerin Historical and Cultural Street Stroll📸 During this trip to Dangsan, the locals recommended that I visit! It's Baerin Historical and Cultural Street ✨ This is not just a simple street, It's a historical and cultural street that combines modern and contemporary history and traditional Chinese style, centered around the site of **Baerin Girls' Middle School, a Christian girls' school 100 years ago** Restored + decorated with a retro sensibility. 🏫 A street where old buildings are alive Among the antique brick buildings, Red roof tiles, traditional signs, and old posters are still there! It's fun to walk in an atmosphere where time seems to have stopped. There are also school relic exhibition halls here and there, So looking at old school uniforms and graduation photos is a unique experience✨ 📷 Lots of photo spots! There are many props such as sentimental signs, bamboo walls, Chinese calligraphy, and retro bikes and umbrellas, so it's fun to take pictures. The atmosphere is even better if you visit after experiencing Hanfu! 🍵 Cafe & tea house with a great atmosphere There are tea houses, dessert shops, and small souvenir shops here and there, and traditional Chinese music plays, so it's nice to take a break while taking a slow walk :) 🎪 Events & Performances If you're lucky, you can see a weekend night market or small traditional performances/busking. At night, the street lights come on softly, creating the best atmosphere! ⸻ 🧡 Trip Tips 1️⃣ Recommended for a sentimental walk during the day and for viewing the lights at night 2️⃣ It's good to combine Tangshan Banquet and Nanhu Park, which are close by, and plan a course together 3️⃣ Experience Hanfu and take pictures here to complete your retro pictorial📸 4️⃣ For those who like historical exhibitions, I recommend stopping by the Pei Ren Women's Middle School Museum! ⸻ A street where the past and present coexist, and a place where you can immerse yourself in Chinese retro sensibility. If you want to take a leisurely walk in Tangshan, be sure to stop by Pei Ren Historical and Cultural Street! 🌿

A Weekend Trip to Tangshan: Two Days and One Night|||I always thought of Tangshan as an industrial city, but I didn't expect that tourism had developed so well in the past two years. Taking advantage of the weekend, I set off from Beijing for a two-day, one-night trip to Tangshan. 🚃🚃Transportation Saturday: G8801 Beijing Railway Station 7:42 AM - Tangshan Railway Station 8:46 AM Sunday: T5604 Tangshan North Railway Station 4:07 PM - Beijing Railway Station 5:34 PM 🗺️🗺️Itinerary Day 1: Zhao Zhuang Morning Market - Wujiazhuang Catholic Church - Peiren Historical and Cultural District - Dachengshan Park - Qixin 1889 - Hetou Old Street Day 2: Tangshan Feast - Nanhu Park 🌟Zhao Zhuang Morning Market: I arrived early Saturday morning, dropped my luggage at the hotel, and went straight to Zhao Zhuang Morning Market. The morning market was crowded, and the dining area was indoors. Beef Korean noodles cost CNY 8, a large fried pancake cost CNY 3, and a large bowl of tofu pudding cost CNY 3. The prices were touching, the taste was decent, and the atmosphere was lively. The environment wasn't great, so if you have high standards for dining, you might want to skip this. 🌟Wujiazhuang Catholic Church: The architecture is quite beautiful. There were almost no people when I went. The magnolia trees on the east side of the church were about to bloom, and it should be a great photo spot when they are in full bloom. 🌟Peirenli: The district isn't very big. The most historic part is probably Peiren Girls' High School. There's a wall with the characters for Tangshan written on it, some cafes and a library. The dog at Little Elephant Cafe is super cute. It's a nice place to sit and relax. 🌟Dachengshan Park: Dachengshan Park is right next to Peirenli. I didn't realize until I went in that Dacheng Mountain was originally called Tangshan, and this is how Tangshan got its name. I climbed Dacheng Mountain and Ercheng Mountain. Neither is very high, but it was a nice spring hike in Tangshan. 🌟Qixin 1889: A smaller version of 798 Art District. The outer area is still under renovation, but there were many people taking photos. 🌟Hetou Old Street: This was the highlight of the trip. The old street isn't particularly large, but there are many shops along the river, and the scenic area also has many activities. It's worth a visit. I went in around 4:00 or 5:00 PM, strolled around, and then watched the "Tang King's Eastern Expedition" performance at 6:30 PM. I highly recommend the performance. The molten iron fireworks were spectacular (see my previous post for details). The scenic area looks beautiful after dark, and it really does feel like a "Tang Dynasty City That Never Sleeps" on the water. It even snowed on Saturday, which made watching the fireworks even more special. I lined up to buy Xiaoshan Fried Cakes in the scenic area. The red bean flavor was quite delicious. 🌟Tangshan Feast: I walked more than 30,000 steps the first day, so I slept in and didn't go out until almost 11:00 AM on Sunday. I went straight to Tangshan Feast. It was very lively. The first floor has all kinds of snacks, the second floor has some cultural and creative products, and the third floor is a restaurant. I tried the fried glutinous rice crackers, Grandma's spring pancakes, spring water tofu, and Tang Xiaoshu yogurt, all of which were quite good. There are also many places to take photos and rest. If you're not in a hurry, you can spend an afternoon there. 🌟Nanhu Park: Nanhu Park is beautiful under the blue sky. It feels a bit like Beihai Park and the Summer Palace. The peach blossoms on Longshan Mountain were already in bloom, and it was very relaxing to walk around the lake. 🌿🌿On the way back, the sun hadn't set yet when I got out of Beijing Railway Station, so I quickly went to the nearby Ming City Wall. The plum blossoms were in full bloom, and it was a very fulfilling weekend to enjoy them in the sunset.

Peirenli Community, located next to Tangshan Museum, is home to a two-story building that combines Chinese and Western architectural styles. This building is the century-old Peiren Girls' School. Peiren Girls' School has witnessed the changes in modern Tangshan, and has undergone several name changes, including Peiren Girls' Primary School, Peiren Girls' School, Tangshan Girls' School, Tangshan Shaoshan Middle School, and Hebei Tangshan No. 11 Middle School. From its establishment until 1941, Peiren Girls' School was the only girls' school in the eastern Hebei region. It has now been transformed into the Peiren Education Memory Museum. The main building of the museum is the school building built in 1934. With the theme of "Tangshan City Memory," the museum has restored the original architectural style of the girls' school through professional cultural relics and ancient building restoration techniques. The entire building has a frame structure, with walls made of blue bricks and 36 large wooden windows on the north and south sides. It is simple, elegant, and beautiful. Amazingly, the entire building was not significantly damaged during the Tangshan earthquake.

This "Peiren Historical and Cultural Block" is similar to Tangu Town in Beijing, but slightly smaller in scale. There is a century-old Peiren educational institution in front, which was formerly Tangshan Girls' High School and also an orphanage, but it should not be open to the public. The whole block is very quiet, maybe because it is not well publicized, so there are relatively few tourists. The cafes and restaurants are also very quiet, without music to attract customers. It is very suitable to come here to relax, order a cup of coffee, and get away from the hustle and bustle.