Excerpted from Tokyo Dream, Volume 2, "Palace in front of Xuande Building" (attached translation)

The Forbidden City in front of Xuande Building

In front of Xuande Building, Zuonan Corridor is closed to the left, granting Tang Ming the yamen and secretary province. The porch on the right is in the south. There are eight people in two houses in the Near East, and there are Shangshu provinces in the West. The Imperial Street is facing south in front, with Jingling East Palace on the left and West Palace on the right. Near Sheng Da House, the second one is Taichang Temple. State Bridge turns to Main Street, with Zuoku in the south, Zhengtaizi House and Near East Herring City as experts. To the east of Nanmen Street in Jingling East Palace, there are Tangjia Gold and Silver Store, Wenzhou Lacquerware Store, Dasuoguo Temple and Laosongmen in the south. From the Inner West Gallery, that is, Jingling West Palace, go south to Baoci Temple Street in the Southern Song Dynasty, and all enter the concert hall, Baiyuan drugstore and arrive at Junyiqiao Street. In the south of Xigong, there are some branches in the Royal Corridor, which is a fruit line leading to Qiao Zhou and leading to West Street. There is a pavilion post (also a post of Liao people) in the north of the street, which is paved with the beads of Liang. I sell paper paintings, flowers and fruits. To the west of Junyi Bridge is Kaifeng House. Yujie has been going south, crossing the state bridge, and there are residents on both sides. Chejiatan and Zhangjia Hotel in the east of the street, followed by Plum Blossom Steamed Buns in the cave, Caodian Restaurant, Meat Pies and Li Sifen's refreshments. Zhuquemen Street goes west, crosses the bridge and throws it into West Street, which is called Quyuan Street. On the south side of the street, there is a building in front and a platform behind it, which is called "stage". This restaurant is the most popular in the hotel, with 72 cents for silver bottle wine and 8 1 cent for mutton wine. North of the street, the Xue family sells tea, mutton rice and cooked mutton. Go west to all prostitutes' houses, which is called "Siheyuan Street". Jade langxi is Lujia steamed stuffed bun. Yujie soup shop, tea distribution, hotel, fragrant drugstore, residents.

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We walked out of the gate of Xuande Building, and the south corridor on the left closed to the left. This is the seat of government and the secretary province successively awarded by Tang Ming. The south corridor on the right faces the door on the right.

There is a group of buildings near the right gate, with the yamen and palaces of Privy Council and Zhongshu Province in the east, commonly known as "two houses and eight people", and Shangshu Province in the west. Go south along Imperial Street in front of the palace. On the left hand side of the road is Jingling East Palace, where there is a portrait of the first emperor Yu Rong, and on the right hand side is Jingling West. Further south of Jinling East Palace is Sheng Da House, the government department in charge of music law, next to Taichang Temple.

Yujie arrived at the state bridge, and an east-west street turned east. On the street, there is a national "small treasury" on the left and a big house on the east. It turned out to be the residence of Zhao Taizai Zheng, and there is a market selling herring next to it.

Nanmen Street, East Palace of Jinling, followed by Tangjia Gold and Silver Store, Wenzhou Lacquerware Grocery Store and Suoguo Temple. Go east along the street and come to the thirteenth floor of Zhou Jingwei, a general at the end of the Five Dynasties. Go back to Yujie and walk south from the west corridor of Yujie, and you will see Jingling West Palace. Turning to the south, there is also an east-west street. There are newspapers, Gianji, Du Jin Theatre and a drugstore called Baizhongyuan in the street.

If you continue to the west, you will reach Junyiqiao Street. This street is in the south of Jingling West Palace, and there are also royal cloisters and forks. On the street west of Qiao Zhou, there is a fruit market. To the north of this street is Du Yiting, a pavilion specially set up for Liao envoys.

Looking across the street, it is Liang Shizhu's shop, and there are also shops next to it. Most of them are engaged in various popular paper paintings, flowers and fruits. This street leads to Junyi Bridge, and further west is the boundary of Kaifeng House.

From Yujie all the way to the south, the street after crossing Zhouqiao is both commercial and residential, with residential buildings on both sides. On the east side of the road is Chejia Charcoal Shop, followed by Zhangjia Hotel, and next door is Wanglou Mountain Cave Plum Blossom Steamed Bun, Lijiaxiang Store, CaoPopo Meat Pie Shop and Lisi Hotel. Pass by them, continue walking, and you will arrive at Zhuquemen, cross the bridge to the west, and come to West Street, also called Quyuan Street.

To the south of the street is Yuxianzheng Restaurant, one of the famous restaurants in Tokyo, which is famous for brewing jade wine. There is a building in front of Yuxianzheng store and a pavilion behind it. Unique layout, people generally call it the stage directly. Yuxian punctuality is the top high-end restaurant in Beijing. If you buy a dime silver bottle of wine here, it costs 72 copper coins, while a dime mutton wine costs 8 1 penny.

To the north of this street are the Xue family restaurant, mutton restaurant and instant-boiled mutton shop, and to the west are all brothels, so Beijingers call it "Yuan Jie". The famous shop in Yulangxi is Lujia Steamed Bun Shop, as well as some restaurants, restaurants, hotels, spice shops and houses selling soup in large quantities.