Dongsi – literally, the ‘Eastern Four’ – is the name of the intersection of what is now Dongsi Avenues North, South and West and Chaoyangmen Inner Street. In the planning stages it was called "Longfu Temple Station".
This area dates back to the Yuan Dynasty, and the intersection is named after four paifangs that marked the location. These gates were removed in 1958.
With the elements of the ancient city’s blue bricks as the main wall decoration, the wall of the station hall is decorated with "Dashi Street" embossed murals that express the old Beijing folk customs .
‘Dongsi Memory’ by Lee Chen features stone reliefs with painted backgrounds, depicting emotional memories of city life from former imperial times. Reflecting local scenes, the relief murals here show people going about their daily business, such as pulling a rickshaw ...
and buying hot and cold snacks...
while children play in the street...
and a well-to-do passes by in a palanquin.
Look carefully and you can see there is also a lion dance as street performers line up in procession behind each of the friezes.
The Line 6 part of the station is designed as a wooden archway structure, and the decoration emphasizes the cultural characteristics of the Dongsi region. The pillars themselves are painted to represent the former paifangs.
Lucheng
Dongxiayuan
Haojiafu
BeiyunheXi
Wuzixueyuanlu
Changying
Qingnianlu
Shilipu
Jintailu
Hujialou
Dongdaqiao
Chaoyangmen
Dongsi
Nanluoguxiang
Beihai Bei
Pinganli
Chegongzhuang
Chegongzhuangxi
Baishiqiao Nan
Huayuanqiao
Cishousi
Haidian wuluju
Tian Cun
Liaogong zhuang
Xihuang cun
Yang Zhuang
Pingguoyuan
Jinan Qiao