• This map is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte Paper using archival quality ink, which guarantees a steady color and condition for 30 years or more.
• The price for framed map includes a 30RMB fragile item delivery fee in Beijing. If you come to pick up your order at our gallery in Dashilar, the total cost is reduced to 950RMB. If you live in other cities within China we suggest you buy a map only and frame it yourself.
• For overseas delivery please email us first to get a quotation on delivery cost.

Father Hyacinth Bichurin created this map of Beijing in 1829 based on knowledge gathered during his 14-year stay (1802-1816) in the Chinese capital. Father Bichurin was an outstanding scholar and is recognized as one of the founding fathers of Russian Sinology. While he translated numerous texts from Chinese into Russian, he was allegedly not much of a missionary. The Russian mission he served called him home in disgrace and stripped him of his religious titles and imprisoned him in the Wazan monastery—all due to his disinterest in pursuing god’s work. 

When Juliett Bredot published “Peking: A Historical and Intimate Description of Its Chief Places of Interest” in 1920, she included the Bichurin map, but added small red numbers with notes explaining the functions of certain key buildings in 1829 and what function they held in 1920 during early days of the Republic. This comparison adds an extra layer of interest to this edition of the Bichurin map. The Legation Quarter for instance with the first permanent Western diplomatic representations in Beijing did not exist in 1829, but had long been established southeast of the Palace in 1920.