Smiling local beijing guy at the Dazhalan:
Dazhalan (simplified Chinese: 大栅栏; traditional Chinese: 大柵欄; pinyin: Dàzhàlán; Wade–Giles: Ta-cha-lan; “Big fence”), colloquially Dashilar simplified Chinese: 大石栏儿; traditional Chinese: 大石欄兒; pinyin: Dàshilàn(r); Wade–Giles: Ta-shih-lan(r); “Big stone fence”), is a famous business street outside Qianmen[1] in Beijing, China. Now the term Dazhalan is also used to refer to the area comprising besides Dazhalan also the Langfang Toutiao Lane, Liangshidian Street and Meishi Street.
(Source: Wikipedia)
