Barbarians, Rogues, and Rebels: The Story of Beijing’s Legation Quarter

Walk through time, as we head to Beijing’s former legation quarter, once the heart of the city’s foreign community, and straight into the center of Old Peking.

This walk will take us through Beijing’s former legation quarter, once the heart of the city’s foreign community, and straight into the center of Old Peking. We’ll discuss the history of Beijing’s international settlement and examine pivotal events such as the Anglo-French invasion of 1860, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Japanese Occupation. Along the way, we’ll search for what remains of the architectural legacy left by the pre-revolutionary foreign community and uncover dark secrets, strange tales, and unsolved mysteries that still haunt the streets and lanes of the Legation Quarter.

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