Beijing Bar Culture

“Bar” is originally from Continental Europe, and it is always a good place to entertain in the eyes of Westerners. Different from “club”, pub has various function for entertainments such as chatting, drinking and dancing and so on.

Since the reform and opening up of China, bar gradually entered our country, and has rapidly developed. At the very beginning, most customers are avant-garde and rebellious young people, or returned from studying abroad influenced by western culture. Conservative people criticizes that bar is not a appropriate place for decent people. Passage of time, bar in China has been quietly developed, and the city of late are not owned by a tacit approval. Particularly, in the open big cities such as Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, modern young people can not live without bars. With the speed-up pace of life and the ever-increasing stress of young people, they need to relax in bars, indulge in alcohol and forget troubles in their lives temporarily. China's various geographical and cultural differences, resulting from its vast territory and abundant resources, the manners and atmosphere of bar business have shown different characteristics. For instance, bars in Beijing are rough and open, in Shanghai are sad and delicate, in Guangzhou are lively and complicated, while bars in Shenzhen are no lack of passion.

Beijing as the cultural centre in China, has always been at the forefront of fashion, and at the same time, it is also one of first cities that bars entered. At present, there are more than 400 bars altogether in Beijing. Actually, it is not necessary be in Palace Museum and Summer Palace to experience Chinese culture, and in a bar can also be. Particularly, the bar culture in China nurtured by more than 5000 years history presented it with special characteristics. People who often go around bars are mainly expatriates, overseas students, businessmen, white-collar class, artists, college students and people working in the entertainment field and so on. Well-known bars in Beijing include Sanlitun Bar Street, Houhai Bar Street, Nan Luo Gu Xiang bar area and so on.

Bar culture in Beijing today has become a symbol of Chinese fashion, and going to the bar is one of the must things to do in Beijing. if you want to know more information, please go to the bar club website.

Sanlitun Bar Street

Sanlitun Bar Street is located in the east part of Beijing, and it got its name as a result of three miles from the inner city. Bar Street has a total length of 260 meters and covers an area of 1,648 square meters. It is adjacent to 79 embassies including Canada, Australia, France, Belgium, Germany and other countries. To some extent, bar street is to meet the demand of oreign embassy staff and also the returned. China's first Apple retail store has also been opened in this area, which inject more popularity to Sanlitun.

Sanlitun bar street is one of the centre of night-life in Beijing, and is also patronized by a lot of entertainment industry celebrities. The first bar in Sanlitun was open in 1989, and in the early time, the proportion of foreigners accounted for more than 95%. Celebrities in music and film industry are the backbone of bars, and many famous singers have the experience of helping to sing in bars in Sanlitun. At the football match period, Sanlitun bar street is crowed with football fans.

Hou Hai Bar street

Hou Hai bar street is also known as She Sha Hai bar street, and it is also a famous bar area in Beijing. If Sanlitun bar street is the trendy route to go, then Houhai bar street is full of Chinese culture. Houhai Bar Street is located beside the beautiful lake with intensive allies and different customs. The bar street gatheres a lot of foreigners, in which they can drink as well as appreciating the scenery in Beijing. There are a variety of styles of jewellery stores and gift shops in bar street, enough to make tourists spend time here.

Nan Luo Gu Xiang Bar Area

Some people describe Sanlitun bar street as colourful and full of fashion and brilliance; Houhai bar street are red and full of old Beijing's antique, while Nan Luo Gu Xiang bar area is green with the combination of modern and cultural connotation. Nan Luo Gu Xiang bar area is Beijing's oldest neighbourhood with a huge history and culture base. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, Nan Luo Gu Xiang has been a rich area, inhabited by a lot of VIPs and celebrities. Today, Nan Luo Gu Xiang is a well-known bar street in Beijing. Since 2002, many bars were open in this ally with 800-year history, and there have been more than 70 bars in 2003. For example, “Guo Ke” which is transformed from courtyard house of Beijing, is the first bars with tourism as the subject.

You must be out of date if you only know the bar street of Sanlitun and Houhai.Now the bar street in Beijing has become a culture, and other bar are in Beijing include Star Road and Yuan Da Du and so on. Do you want to experience the bar culture in Beijing, do not hesitate! Do not forget you can also choose Karaoke to Spend the night time You must be complicated by Beijing's traffic and confused by the choice of tourist attraction and accommodation in Beijing.Gift-Tours offers the information of accommodation you will need for your travel in Beijing.

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