Restored to resemble a late-Qing-dynasty street scene and wildly popular with domestic visitors, this ancient thoroughfare (once known as Zhengyangmen Dajie, or Facing the Sun Gate Street) is something of a tourist theme park. That said, it is beginning to stir into life as more (over-priced) restaurants and shops open up, while the rebuilt Qiánmén Decorative Arch (the original was torn down in the 1950s) looks handsome.
