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Old Legation Quarter 东交民巷 Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 9/20/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Beijing Legation Quarter(东交民巷)

东交民巷是北京一条非常著名的街区,位于东城区南部,东起崇文门内大街,西至天安门广场东侧路,全长1552米,是目前北京市区内最长的胡同。

Located in the south of Dongcheng District, the Dongjiaominxiang Alley is a very famous street in Beijing. It runs from Chongwenmen inner street in the east to East road of Tiananmen square in the west. With a total length of 1552 meters, is the longest alley in Beijing city.

元代时,东交民巷和西交民巷是连在一起的一条胡同,因为地处漕运的要道而得名江米巷。明清两代,这里是朝廷的“五朝六部”。

When the Yuan Dynasty, Dongjiaominxiang Alley and Xijiaominxiang Alley is a lane together, because of the transportation routes located in name of glutinous Jiangmi Alley. At Ming and Qing Dynasties,  here is the government offices.

1900年以后,东交民巷被划为使馆区,陆陆续续建有法国、日本、美国、德国、俄国、比利时、荷兰、意大利、奥地利等多国使馆,同时还开办有多家外国银行、教堂、医院、邮局、大饭店等,并出现了大量风格各异的西式建筑。

After 1900, Dongjiaominxiang Alley was designated as the embassy district, example France, Japan, the United States, Germany, Russia, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Austria and other countries, while also offering a number of foreign banks, churches, hospitals, post office, hotel。As a result, a great number of buildings with various westem styles sprung up here.

胡同里里总有很多的保安和游客,还有无处不在的监控探头。寻找的时候请一定要注意,不要冒险!

There are always some security personnel and muggles walking around the street, also many CCTV in here. Please be very careful to looking for and don't risk yourself and the cache!

Cache是一个带磁铁的5ml试管,只有签到纸,请带好自己的笔。

Cache is a 5ml tube with magnetic,only logpaper。BYOP。

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)