![]() The Zongli Yamen was established as a foreign office of the Qing dynasty to deal with the foreigners. The area around Dong Jiangmi Xiang was opened for the establishment of foreign legations. However, the Convention of Peking after China's defeat in the Second Opium War of 1856–60, required the Qing dynasty government to permit diplomatic representatives to live in Beijing. The Chinese government had long denied the European countries and the United States a diplomatic presence in the imperial capital of Beijing. Several hostels were built for tributary missions from Vietnam, Mongolia, Korea and Burma.Īustro-Hungarian marines at Beijing to protect the Legation Quarter, c. During the Ming dynasty, a number of ministries relocated into the area, including the Ministry of Rites, which was in charge of diplomatic matters. It was the location of the tax office and customs authorities, because of its proximity to the Grand Canal, 30 kilometres (19 mi) east, by which rice and grains arrived in Beijing from the south. World War II effectively ended the special status of the Legation Quarter, and with the Great Leap Forward and other events in communist China most of the European-style buildings of the Legation Quarter were destroyed.ĭuring the Yuan dynasty, the street was known as the Dong Jiangmi Xiang ( simplified Chinese: 东江米巷 traditional Chinese: 東江米巷 pinyin: Dōng Jiāngmǐ Xiàng), or "East River-Rice Lane". ![]() The Legation Quarter attracted many diplomats, soldiers, scholars, artists, tourists, and Sinophiles. ![]() The foreign residents were exempt from Chinese law. After the Boxer Rebellion, the Legation Quarter was under the jurisdiction of foreign countries with diplomatic legations (later most commonly called "embassies") in the quarter. The Legation Quarter was the location of the 55-day siege of the International Legations, which took place during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. It is located in the Dongcheng District, immediately to the east of Tiananmen Square. In the Chinese language, the area is known as Dong Jiaomin Xiang ( simplified Chinese: 东交民巷 traditional Chinese: 東交民巷 pinyin: Dōng Jiāomín Xiàng), which is the name of the hutong (lane or small street) through the area. The Peking Legation Quarter was the area in Peking (Beijing), China where a number of foreign legations were located between 18. ![]() Detailed map of the Legation Quarter in 1912 ![]()
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