North of Tian'anmen
The area north of Tian'anmen Square has a scattered collection
of sights, many of them remnants of the imperial past, when this
area was the home of princes, dukes and monks. The finest remaining
palace is Prince Gong's , buried in Beijing's best preserved
hutongs north of Beihai Park , the imperial pleasure
park, while the finest temple, the Yonghe Gong , is in the
northern outskirts of the centre. Other illustrious residents are
more recent; in the northwest, the twentieth-century homes of the
writer Lu Xun and the artist Xu Beihong are open as
museums. For a general picture of the state of the Chinese arts,
visit the China Art Gallery just north of Wangfujing.
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