Located in the Jiaodaokou area on the east side of the central axis of Beijing, Nanluogu Alley, an 8-meter-wide and 787-meter-long hutong starting from Gulou East Street in the north and ends at Ping'an Avenue in the south, is built in the same period with the Great Capital of the Yuan Dynasty. As one of the oldest blocks in Beijing, it has a history of over 740 years and is also among the 25 planned Old City reserves. Because its hunchback-like topography that is high in the middle and low in both ends, it is named Luoguo Alley. In the Complete Map of the Capital drawn in the 15th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1750 AD), it is renamed Nanluoguo Alley.

mong the oldest alleys in Beijing, it is famed as the largest and the only chessboard-type traditional residential area which preserves a complete structure of hutong courtyards of Yuan Dynasty in China. Besides, it features the highest grade, richest resources and oldest Beijing flavor. In the surrounding hutongs, there are various forms of colorful and profound mansions and courtyards. Nanluogu Alley and its surrounding areas used to be the center of the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it even developed into a symbol of social status with countless distinguished mansions, where all dignitaries gathered together. With the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, this place gradually put an end to prosperity.