Si He Yuan is a classical architecture style of residential housing of Beijing citizens dated from the Ming Dynasty. The narrow streets between the Si He Yuan are called "Hutong"s. A single implementation of Si He Yuan comprises of garden surrounded by four houses and protected by high walls. Si He Yuan with Hutong which have been very familiar for people, having a history of more than 700 years now suffer from the urban renovation and economic development of China, and they are slowly disappearing from Beijing.

Beijing, one of the famous historic and cultural cities of China, is also one of the most magnificent cultural miracles in the history of the world's civilization. Not to say the famous Tian'an Men Square, resplendent and magnificent forbidden City and mystery and luxury imperial park, the life scene of common people can catch your eyes and impress you deeply.

This play cards collects 54 pieces of common life photos. They vividly show the real common people's life from the period of late Qing dynasty to the War of Resistance Aginst Japan. The play cards have a high history value and worthy to be collected.

The bridge, from which this area takes its name, once located near the Tianqiao Department Store, is long gone. Its white marble slabs and carved balustrades were used to span the famous Dragon Beard Ditch (Longxugou). Ming and Qing emperors had to cross it on their way to the Temple of Heaven, thus giving the bridge its name.

It was after the Revolution of 1911 that the Tianqiao area developed into a market. In 1913, the Northern Warlord government demolished Lotus Lane Market outside Zhengyangmen Gate and shopkeepers set up seven alleys in the area around the former Bridge of Heaven. There were shops specializing in imported goods and watches, establishments of astrologers and fortune – tellers, story–tellers and variety shows, seconds–hand clothing shops and teahouses where men practiced martial arts. Small theaters proliferated; the most famous of them, such as the Dangui (Orange Osmanthus), Tianle (Heavenly Happiness) and Xiaotaoyuan (Small Peach Garden) remained open for decades. A popular attraction at the Bridge of Heaven was the "Eight Great Strange Performers", whose colorful stage names were: Cloud Flyer (Yunlifei), Zhang with His Tube, Big Soldier Huang, Spotted Bear, Little Pigtail Wang, Big Tin Teapot, the Sponge, and Big Gold Teeth.

TianQiao has experienced great change in about forty years. The sense of how TiaoQiao used to be has almost been in people's memory because that most of areas of it turned into residential streets.

The card with fifty-four artfully preserved and typical photos of old Tianqiao of Beijing reminds us of the scenes of its past as we playing.

As a city of long history, Beijing remain glorious as old time, but it also suffers disaster. The top of Imperial Palace, is not always sparking. The Quadrangles of the local person are also not peace. And the demolition of Yuanmingyuan, the shot of Wanping city, they also tie up with people's heart until now.

The poker collect 54 pictures of ancient buildings in Beijing which are from the end of Qing until the War of Resistance Aginst Japan.

The first emperor of Tang,Song,Kangxi and Qianlong, Chongzhen emperor, Songhuizong who is good at playing and loses his sense, and Wanli emperor who doesn't care of his politics. Maybe you are wondering what do they look like. This is the reason we make this set of poker.

The poker chooses 54 emperor's portrait photos of Tang,Song,Yuan,Ming,Qing dynasty. We want you to know about drawing and clothes culture at that time besides letting modern people see the faces of emperors.

A hutong is an ancient city alley or lane typical in Beijing. Existed as early as hundreds of years ago, narrow lanes, or hutongs were common in ancient Beijing. In the past, several thousand lanes, alleys and quadrangles(siheyuan), formed residential areas for ordinary people living in the capital. Today, as the city develops into an international metropolis, its lanes and alleyways, occupying one third of the city proper, still serve as dwellings for half the total urban population.

The poker collects 54 pictures. It shows the features of Beijing hutong in different angles.