1965 officially named Qianmen Street.
Qianmen Street in Ming Dynasty is the dividing line between Zhengdong Square and Zhengxi Square, which is divided by the street center, belonging to Zhengdong Square in the east and Zhengxi Square in the west.
Because Zhengyangmen is the main entrance of Beijing, Qianmen Street is wider than other city gate streets.
In terms of urban organizational system, Ming Beijing broke through the customization of "the former dynasty and the later yuan dynasty" and formed a large commercial district with Zhengyangmen as the center and Xianyukou and Langfang Hutong in the south.
In the mid-Ming Dynasty, due to the development of commerce, markets and streets such as Xianyukou, zhushikou, Meishikou and Grain Shop appeared on both sides of Qianmen Street, and Qianmen Street became a commercial street.
The most famous "Dashilan" in Beijing is also among them.
After Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, officials from various provinces and cities in Beijing set up local clubs in the hatchback of Qianmen Street in order to solve the accommodation problem of taking exams in Beijing.
For example, people often go to Qianmen Street to buy daily necessities or drink and have fun, which also makes Qianmen Street a bustling commercial street.
In the early Qing Dynasty, the lantern market in Dongcheng was moved to Qianmen. In order to safeguard the dignity of imperial power, theaters, tea gardens and brothels were only allowed to open outside the city, so Qianmen Street was more prosperous than before.
In Qing Dynasty, many specialized markets were formed on both sides of main streets, such as fresh fish market, meat market, fruit market, cloth market, grass market, pig market, grain market, jewelry market and melon seed market.
There are many craftsmen's workshops, warehouses, chariots and horses shops, hotels, clubs and theaters in the nearby hutongs, such as Le Qing, Sanqing and Hua Le.
The shed house on the main street is gradually transformed into a formal brick-wood house, forming three streets with Li Street behind the east and west houses.
There are meat market street, cloth lane and fruit market on the east, and jewelry market and grain market on the west.
Most shops in Qianmen Waizheng Street were established later than those in Lijie Street. There are Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, Cheap Square Roast Duck Restaurant, Huixianju Fried Liver Store, Yong 'antang Pharmacy Store, Black Monkey Hat Store, Du Yi Steamed Dumpling Restaurant, Zhengyanglou Restaurant, Ruishengxiang Store, Jiulongzhai Fresh Fruit Store, Tongsanyi Dried Fruit Seafood Store and Zhengmingzhai Bobo Store in the east of the road.
There are Yongzenghe Qianzhuang, Ruifuxiang Silk Store, Tianhuizhai Snuff Store, Tongrentang Pharmacy Store, Liubiju Pickle Garden and one-stop mutton restaurant in Luxi and Xili Street.
In the late Qing Dynasty, there was a night market on Qianmen Street.
In the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu (190 1), Qianmen Railway Station East Station and West Station were set up on the east and west sides of Qianmen Arrow Tower, and Qianmen Street became the transportation hub between Beijing and other provinces.
In the early 1950s, there were more than 800 individual industrial and commercial households in Qianmen area.
From north to south, there are Dabei Photo Studio, Qinglinchun Tea Shop, Tongsanyi Fruit and Seafood Shop, Lili Restaurant, Tiancheng Zhaibo Restaurant, Cheap Square Roast Duck Restaurant, Laozhengxing Restaurant, Pulander Washing and Dyeing Shop, Zhao Yi Cotton Department Store and Qianmen Hardware Store on the east side of Qianmen Street.
Qianmen Street starts from Qianmen Moon Bay in the north and ends at Tianqiao Road in the south, with a total length of 845 meters. On both sides of Qianmen Street alone, the construction area is 66,000 square meters, accommodating about 180 merchants.