What are the names of the eight major buildings in old Beijing?

Dongxing Building, which was built in the 28th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1902), is the first of the "Eight Buildings". Cuihua Building 1940 opens. Shareholders Ma Songshan, Lan Liting and others used to be clerks of Dongxing Building. Because of their excellent management and skills, they won the title of "Authentic Dongxing Building". 1944, Dongxing building closed down due to poor management. ...

In the past, these restaurants were called "the eighth floor", "the eighth lobby", "the eighth Da Chun" and "the eighth mansion". The fame of "Eight Buildings" is Dongxing Building (Cuihua Building), Taifeng Building, Zhimei Building, Hongxing Building, Zhengyang Building, Xinfeng Building, Anfu Building and Chunhua Building in turn. At that time, except Dongxing Building in Dong 'anmen, Anfu Building in Wangfujing, and Cuihua Building in Bamiancao, the rest were located in the bustling Dashilan area of Qianmen.

Dongxing Building was opened in the 28th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1902) and closed in February 1944. It is located on the north side of Dong 'anmen Street. The owner is a librarian in the Qing court, and the owner in the east is Zou Hetang. Originally there were no buildings, so it was once called "Dongxing Mansion". Shandong Jiaodong cuisine, famous dishes include sliced hibiscus chicken, stewed mullet eggs, diced chicken with soy sauce, onion and sea cucumber, fried duck gizzard and so on. Bankruptcy due to mismanagement of future generations.

Taifeng Building, which opened in the 13th year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, is located in Dashilan Coal Market Street. Its appearance is unremarkable, but it is extremely spacious, with more than 100 rooms, which can accommodate more than 60 tables at the same time, making it the best in Cheng Nan at that time. After several changes of ownership, the brand name and flavor have not changed, and the reputation is outstanding. Shandong flavor. Famous dishes include shark's fin in casserole, stewed mullet eggs, onion and sea cucumber, fish in sauce, stewed chicken and so on. , especially the "Yipin Pot".

Zhimei Building, opened in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, was originally a Gusu restaurant, later changed to Shandong cuisine, located in Meishi Street outside Qianmen. Beautiful courtyard, winding path leading to a secluded place, quiet Shu Ya, antique. Dishes pay attention to color, fragrance, shape and taste. Famous dishes include four live turtles, cloud-sliced bear's paw, three-silk shark's fin, Shoubi Nanshan and so on. Guangxu expanded again in the twenty-eighth year.

The time-honored Red Star Building, which is famous for its jiaozi, opened in the food market in its early years, and its jiaozi can pinch more than 20 pieces on both sides. Its fillings include meat stuffing, vegetarian stuffing, sweet and salty stuffing, fish stuffing, chicken stuffing ... the hot pot cooked in the soup pot is different from others. Its dishes belong to Shandong cuisine, and its famous dishes include chicken shark's fin, abalone with pot collapse, sea cucumber with scallion, duck steamed with wine, pepper fish and so on.

Zhengyang Building, which was opened in Xianfeng County in Qing Dynasty for three years, is located at the south exit of the meat market outside the front door of Shandong Kiln College. Its "instant-boiled mutton" was as famous as the Muslim Donglaishun at that time, especially the crab, which was fresh, fat and big. Famous dishes include steamed crab in cage, quail in sauce and fresh crab in sauce.

Xinfeng Building was opened at the intersection of Xiangfang Bridge and Xiangfang in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. It is also Shandong cuisine, especially famous for stewed purple abalone with Chinese cabbage, fried pork belly, vegetarian noodles and almond dumplings. Xinfenglou restaurant, which was reopened in Baiguang Road, Guang 'anmen, basically inherited the famous dishes of the old times and enjoyed an excellent reputation.

An Yunqing's Shandong restaurant Anfu Building in Wangfujing inherited his father's business. It is famous for fried fish slices, casserole fish lips, coriander fried belly and so on. Anfulou, which reopened in Chaowai Guandong Store, used to operate authentic Shandong cuisine, and Ann's grandchildren used to cook here.

Chunhua Building, located in Wudao Temple of Heping Gate, is relatively small in scale and exquisite in cooking. Its famous dishes include fried chicken and Sweet and Sour Mandarin Fish. 1934, after attending a painting and calligraphy exhibition in Beiping, Zhang Daqian went to eat here. He once taught him the practice of "Zhang Daqian fish" and later became a famous dish here.

I have to mention Cuihua Building here. It is said that it cannot be counted as one of the eight major buildings. 1940 opened, located in Bajiaogou, Wangfujing. Shareholders Ma Songshan, Lan Liting and others were originally shop assistants of Dongxing Building. Familiar with business, good at management, superb technology, featuring "clear, fresh, crisp and tender" in Shandong cuisine, its reputation has gradually increased, and it has won the reputation of "Cuihua Building" as a real Dongxing Building. Famous dishes include fried crispy skin, clear soup Yan, fried chicken with soy sauce and roasted shark's fin.

In addition to the above eight, there is also the "Tongchun Building", which was opened during the Daoguang period and located in Nanzhukou, Zhengyangmen. Its famous dishes include fried squid, dried fish and crab race. The "Chunming Building" located by the Xijiang River outside Qianmen is the sister of "Chunhua Building" in characteristics. Grilled prawns are very famous, and there is also the "Hongqing Building".

Since the reform and opening up, with the improvement of people's living standards and living needs, most of these famous shops have reopened, some in the original site and some in other places (only Chunhua Building has not reopened at present). Rudong Xinglou is now located in Guijie Street, Dongzhimen, and its flavor is still dominated by Jiaodong cuisine. Cuihua Building is located in Wangfujing Street, with luxurious decoration and high grade.

These time-honored restaurants have developed and innovated on the basis of inheriting the traditional style of the original dishes. It is said that old trees have new branches, adding new colors to Beijing's gourmet characteristics.