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Chaoyang District, Beijing — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Chaoyang District is a district of Beijing where the National Art Museum of China and the Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park stand among its streets.
About Chaoyang District
Where to stay in Chaoyang District
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Chaoyang District spreads across a large slice of Beijing, so where you stay depends on what you want near your door. Beds cluster differently across it. Around Wangfujing and St. Joseph's Church you sit close to shopping and the National Art Museum of China, while quieter streets sit near the Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park.
Choose your patch of Chaoyang. The Guardian Art Center anchors the arts crowd.
About Chaoyang District
What are the main landmarks in Chaoyang District?
The district's landmarks range from churches to galleries. St. Joseph's Church and the Asbury Church mark its Christian past, while the National Art Museum of China, the Poly Art Museum, and the Guardian Art Center carry its art. History has its own corners.
The Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park preserves a stretch of the old rampart, and the China Agricultural Museum, the China Customs Museum, and the Lao She Memorial Hall each hold a slice of the past within walking reach.
What is the history of Chaoyang District?
Chaoyang District carries the layered past of Beijing within its bounds. The Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park keeps a length of the Ming-era rampart, the oldest built thing still standing along its edge. The wall came first.
Around it the district filled with newer institutions, from the National Art Museum of China to the Lao She Memorial Hall, which honours the writer whose life and work belong to the city. The Residence of Chongli recalls an older household, and St. Joseph's Church has watched over Wangfujing through many changes.
Where is Chaoyang District?
Chaoyang District covers a broad, low-lying part of Beijing, its streets running past the Beijing Ming City Wall Ruins Park and St. Joseph's Church.
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Updated July 2026