Look at old original maps of Beijing with a glass of exquisite whisky in your hand. Beijing Postcards will take out 10 original Beijing maps from our collection, introduce the maps and focus on one noteworthy detail from each map and in this way frame the presentation.

This is the story of three women living in Beijing. Grandmother Zhang with "liberation feet", the retired office worker Sun, and Xue Rui, a career woman in her thirties. Through their lives, marriages, and one divorce we explore the transformation of the women's role in the capital of China.

For hundreds of years, the sight of the Randeng pagoda told boatmen that they had arrived at the capital. Today, international airports, train stations and ring-roads welcome people to Beijing, it is easy to forget how important the waterways once were to the city. In fact, without the Yongding River, Beijing would not be here at all.

Test your knowledge about the city you live in! This quiz is partly a talk, partly a game show. All questions relate to the history of Beijing. The topics are rooted in archival research done by Beijing Postcards; answers come from dusty archives, not Wikipedia!

When night fell upon the city of Beijing during the Qing dynasty, a curfew was imposed. The massive gates in the city wall would be shut and the banner-watchmen would patrol the streets. During the walk we will use a portable projector to project pictures outside help making the Qing dynasty capital come alive once more.

The scavenger hunt will make people discover and explore, and once you start paying attention, find traces of Qing dynasty architecture. From Republican Era brothels to ornaments smashed up by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. All within the fascinating Dashilar neighborhood.

This walk takes place in the old Beijing neighborhood Dashilar. A place that traditionally was the “melting pot” of Beijing society. Dashilar was the center of development as new modern storefronts, newspaper houses, brothels and

This walk-and-talk is a comprehensive look at economy and power within the Imperial Palace. We are looking for the management principles of the great within, and through the history of the Palace we seek to uncover the Chinese ideas of power and leadership.

Puyi’s departure from the Forbidden City marked the end of the strange 13 years where both Dynasty and Republic co-existed within the confines of the imperial compound.

Beijing Arrivals is a combined Walk and Talk. We will start out in our hutong gallery with a brief introduction to Dashilar, then we will explore the different districts of the neighborhood and visit a couple of families that we have worked with in our ongoing Oral history project.

“The Great Escape” is a portrait of the last Emperors time in Tianjin. We follow the boy emperors struggle trying to come to terms with a new reality. We have no claim on the imperial throne, but we have discovered that Tianjin is an amazing unpolished gem that is more than worth exploring.