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			<h1><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">New Qianmen<br>
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									<font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">August 7, 2008</font>
									<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A grand opening for Yi Tiao Long </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">壹条龙羊肉馆</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (Yī Tiáo Lóng Yángròu Guǎn)</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> a mutton restaurant on Qianmen Dajie.   Once called Nan Heng Shun, it opened in 1785.  </font></p>
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													<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It is said the Emperor Guangxu (</font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">光緒帝</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Guāngxùdì,1871–1908) used to dress in ordinary clothes and go out for a night on the town. Actually, this is said of many emperors, it must have gotten pretty boring in the Forbidden City. Anyway, he had a meal here. </font></p>
													<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">When the owner of the restaurant started making offerings to a certain table, people surmised that the Emperor had sat there. Of course, the owner could never break silence, but he could continue to make offerings! </font></p>
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