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| The sign at the main entrance. |
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| Like any other place in Beijing, people wanted to take pictures with me. |
Because I love art, my favorite place in Beijing was 798 Art District (popularly called "qi-jiu-ba" or 7-9-8) which is located in Chaoyang (朝陽區).
Why does the art district have such a name? Well, long story short, the area was an old industrial zone where a large factory called Factory 718 was built. One of the buildings within the factory was named Factory 798. So, when the artists moved in, the numbers from that factory became popularized and eventually became the name for the entire area.
