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Top 13 of Beijing Time-honored Brands

Ruifuxiang 瑞蚨祥

Ranked the first place of the 8 time-honored brands engaged in trade of silk fabric in Beijing, Ruifuxiang Silk Fabric Store has been the first choice for people to buy silk, cloth and traditional Chinese costumes.

Building in the year of 1862, Ruifuxiang was the first to learn about the market situation, study the demand of the customers and then determine the plan of goods stock. After that, Ruifuxiang directly goes to factories to purchase the goods and tries best to obtain goods of high quality and in novel style and color despite high price. Ruifuxiang provides complete set of silk products, including high-class silk and satins as well as coarse cloth and muslin, colorful cloth and cotton print, with soft and smooth feel and unfading color.

Address: NO.25 Dashilan Street, Xuanwu District宣武区大栅栏街25号

86-10-63035313

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RongbaoZhai 荣宝斋

Rongbaozhai is located at west of Liulichang street Beijing. The studio mainly deals in paintings, calligraphic works, carvings and seals by famous figures, especially the block prints found on watercolors.

Rongbaozhai, meaning the Studio of Glorious Treasures, has preserved a dozen valuable works, including a lot of national cultural relics, such as a piece of Tianhuang stone weighing 4,275 grams, the heaviest of its kind in the world.

Rongbaozhai‘s history could date back to Qing dynasty, 300 years ago. Its predecessor is Songzhuzhai, which sold art, writing paper and "four treasures of the study" (brushes, ink, paper and ink stones). Its paper was once selected and used in imperial civil examinations and this gave the shop great prestige and promoted the sale of its goods. But later as the economic and political situation went bad, Songzhuzhai’s business was heavily hitted and was in great debt. Later the owner of Songzhuzhai appointed another person to manage the shop and replaced the shop’s name as Rongbaozhai, which means a place of masters , friends and the glorious treasures. By their unique skills in watercolour block printing, Rongbaozhai finally survived and become well-known afterwards.

Address: No.19, Liulichang West St, Xuanwu District 宣武区琉璃厂西街19号

86-10-63035279

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Tianfuhao 天福号

Tianfuhao is famous for its braised pork products especially Jiangzhouzi(braised pork hock with soy sauce ) which was once the favorite of the Empress Dowager Ci Xi.

With a history of more than two hundred years, Tianfuhao is awarded as "China's time-honored brand". Jiangzhouzi (braised pork hock with soy sauce ) is the specialty of this shop and it has been people’s favorite since Qing dynasty though it is a bit more expensive than that in other shops. People loves their products not only because its long history, but also the food’s incomparable taste, quality and creditability.

Head office Address: No. 21, Yuhua Rd, Area B, Airport Industrial Development Zone, Shunyi District顺义区空港工业区B区裕华路21号  

(They have many branches in Beijing city.)

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Neiliansheng 内联升

Established in 1853, Neiliansheng is a time-hornored brand in shoes’ making in China. Neiliansheng, which literally means who wear the shoes of this shop may get promotion and wealthy in the future, actually won its fame by its high-quality and skillful workmanship of their shoes, which is why Emperors of Qing dynasty Xuantong and former Chinese government leaders, such as Mao Zedong, Zhu Enlai, Deng Xiaoping etc all liked to wear the shoes of this company.

Neiliansheng focus its business on middle and upper class of Chinese society. Made with all-natural materials and skillful workmanship, Neiliansheng shoes enjoy the characters of comfort, lightness and high quality. In the past, officials came in an endless stream to buy their court boots. For each order of court boots, Neiliansheng asked clients to have their feet size measured and try the models until they got fully satisfied with the boots.
 

Address: No.34, Dashila Street, Xuanwu district 宣武区大栅栏街34号

86-10-63014863

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Tongrentang 同仁堂

Established in 1669, Beijing Tong Ren Tang enjoys a high reputation as a prestigious old firm in traditional Chinese medicines in China. Tongrentang has 1,100 types of medicine that have been approved for sale.

From 1723, it had served as an exclusive medical supplier to the Royer Court family of Qing dynasty for a period of 188 years due to its unique formulation, superior materials used, excellent processing method as well as its outstanding potency. As a time-honored brand in producing and selling Chinese medicine, Tong Ren Tang was appointed the sole supplier of medicine herbs to the royal court of Qing dynasty by emperorong zheng and remained in that position until the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. The pharmacy adheres to many international standards to make sure that the medicine produced is of the highest quality. Now Tongrentang has formed 3 big business areas: modern medicine production, Chinese medicine retailing and medical service. The amount of its retail shops has come to over 800 and develops its business to overseas countries which allows more and more people to buy the best Chinese medicine here.

Address：No.24, Dashanlan street, Xuanwu District 宣武区大栅栏24号

86-010-63031155

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Wu Yutai Tea House 吴裕泰茶庄

Founded in 1887, Wuyutai Tea house has been devoted to distributing tea, tea products, tea sets and other tea related articles. It was awarded as “China Time-honored Brand” by the Ministry of Commerce of China. It has been popular with numerous tea lovers from local and worldwide.

Beijing Wuyutai Tea Co., Itd was founded in 1997. The company now owns more than 190 chain stores, one modern logistics center, one tea culture exhibit center, one tea art performing team, two tea shops and one international tea study platform. The teas supplied by Wuyutai Tea Shop directly came from the tea-producing areas of Anhui, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. And the scented Jasmine teas were specially made in the cells of Fuzhou and Suzhou and then were transported or shipped to the capital city and pieced together at different grades.The teas produced by Wu family tea house enjoyed good fame in most Chinese cities and cities of other countries

Address: No. 186, Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District 东城区王府井大街186号

86-10-65254961

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Daoxiangcun 稻香村

Daoxiangcun is the most famous brand in making traditional local snacks, cakes and other characteristic foods. It has almost 100 branches in Beijing, and the brand has great fame and popularity among Beijing local and worldwide visitors.

As a time-honored brand in China, Daoxiangcun was first extablished in 1895 with its main business on snacks, cakes and other local characteristic foods. Today it has almost 100 branches in Beijing and its products have been very popular with locals and visitors. Daoxiangcun could be considered as the best choice to try fabulous Beijing local snacks and cakes etc.

Address: No.19, Dongzhimen Neidajie, Dongcheng District东城区东直门内大街19号  86-10-84043305

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Buyingzhai 步瀛斋

As a time-honored brand in China, Buyingzhai has been famous for shoes making since the year of 1858, products ranging from cloth shoes, the most famous one, leather shoes, silk slippers and traditional hats.

The cloth shoes of Buyingzhai are extremely comfortable and the women's cloth shoes are beautifully made.  Buyingzhai has several branches in Beijing right now. The branch in Qianmen Avenue is the the first and oldest one, which was build in 1858. Buyingzhai’s shoes is special not only because they are comfortable and high-quality, but also their skillful handicraft and beautiful looking. Apart from the cloth shoes, Buyingzhai also produce leather shoes, sports shoes and Child’s shoes which are all insured good quality and comfort.

Address: No.8, Dashila Street, Xuanwu District宣武区大栅栏街8号

86-10-63013329

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Majuyuan 马聚源鞋帽店

First opened in 1811 during Emperor Jiaqing's reign of the Qing Dynasty, Majuyuan Hat Shop specialized in making hats and shoes for the royal members and officials and later specialized in making various hats of China's ethnic groups.

"Wearing hats made by Majuyuan, clothes made by Ruifuxiang and shoes made by Neiliansheng". This old saying has been told for handreds of years and it reflected how important these three brands were, especially the first one Majuyuan. As a time-honored brand in China, Majuyuan has been famous for its beautifully made hats which are all in great qualities and skillful handicrafts. The shop in Qianmen is of much history and its authentic handmaking hats have great fame and popularity among locals and worldwide visitors.

Address: No.8, Dashila Street, Xuanwu District宣武区大栅栏街8号

86-10-63035955

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Shengxifu 盛锡福

Founded in 1911, Shengxifu is most famous for its hats. It has the good fame of "King of Hat Industry" and "Expert of Hat Industry ". The products of Shengxifu has been popular with people of all classes, even government leaders had their hats made here.

As a time-honored brand, this century-old hat store featuring goods of a wide variety and fine craft. Shengxifu made its business according to the market demand. Its eight series of hats with more than 4000 varieties of flower colors including fashion hats, fur hats, knitted hats, felt hats, children hats etc. have been very popular among consumers from local and overseas visitors.

Address: No.196, Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District东城区王府井大街196号

86-10-65254752?

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Zhangyiyuan Tea Shop  张一元

Established in 1900, Zhangyiyuan is a time-honored brand in Chinese tea. Zhangyiyuan has over 300 types of tea, ranging from Green tea, black tea, flower tea, Oolong Tea, Health-care tea etc, whose prices vary from low to high. That’s why Zhangyiyuan tea has been the favorite with numerous customers of different classes from home and abroad.

There are more than 100 Zhang Yiyuan tea shop branches in Beijing right now which shows the popularity of Zhangyiyuan tea. Beijing Zhangyiyuan Tea Company was founded in 1992. The company has been persisting in the business principles of “quality as life, good credit standing, unique management characteristics, and first-class service” since its foundation. In 1994, it established its own manufacturing base in Fujian province----Mindong Zhangyiyuan Tea Co., Ltd., which was awarded as “Green Production” base. Strong technical force and advanced production equipment endow Zhangyiyuan tea with the characteristics of “clear water, strong fragrance, sweet taste and lingering aftertaste”, which make it very popular in domestic and overseas market.

Address: No.22, Dashila street, Xuanwu District 宣武区大栅栏街22号

86-10-63034001?

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Qianxiangyi 谦祥益

Established  in  1840 and as one of the most famous time-honored brand in China, Beijing  Qianxiangyi  Silk  Store  is  the  biggest   professional silk  store  in China  which  deals  with silk, Chinese traditional clothing and silk  arts and handicrafts.

Qianxiangyi  Silk  Store  in Qianman is a peppermint-green-and-white building at 5 Zhubaoshi Jie. It's one of the most reputable silk shops in Beijing. The ground floor has a huge selection of bolts that are sold by the meter, while the 2nd floor has shirts, negligees, pajamas and gorgeous tapestries

No.5, Zhubaoshi, Qianmen Avenue, Xuanwu district 前门大街珠宝市5号

86-10-63014732?

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Heniantang 鹤年堂

Founded on 1405, Heniantang Chinese medicine store was the first herbal medicine shop in Chinese history. After hundreds of years of research and development, it has exploited over 100 medicated food, 150 kinds of herbal rice soup, 40 types of medicated herbal soup. Most of them come from the secret recipes of the imperial family and secret fold remedies.

The name Heniantang came from its founder, Ding Henian, a famous Hui poet of the Ming Dynasty. A characteristic feature of Chinese medication is its “Yangsheng” conception, an idea that refers to the improvement of health and prolonging of life through the proper ways of caring for and nurturing one's body and mind. This conception is considered far more reasonable and effective than Western medical techniques. It has no serious side-effects. Most of the ingredients of Chinese medicine come from natural sources. The multiple ingredients of the medicines enable them to treat various diseases. Heniantang Chinese traditional medicines achieve effectiveness when they are added to daily diets or administered via fluids consumed by drinking, such as soups and beverages. These all come to the recognition and popularity of Heniantang.

Address: No.43-1, Guanganmen Nei, Xuanwu District 宣武区广安门内大街临43-1号

86-10-63533356

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