Guozijian Street Doorway Beijing, China Royalty-Free Stock Image

A hutong is a street or alley bounded on both sides by old buildings in courtyard compounds. Guozijian Street was formerly known as Chengxian Street 成贤街. It is listed as an important historical site, and for tourists, there is extraordinary ancient architecture there since the Guozijian Imperial College and the Confucius Temple 1302 are located in this street. Yonghegong Lama Temple is next to the east entrance of the street.Built in 1306, the Guozijian at 15 Guozijian Street 国子监街15号 was the highest educational institution of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties that was built to train state bureaucrats. The Confucius Temple was a place to sacrifice to Confucius during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties.