Brief (coffeeyo.com): Boyan Coffee Town in Wu’an, Hebei, will officially open on September 25. The national historic town has planned 27 venues across a coffee street, a heritage district and a food street, blending century-old lanes with new café culture.
Source: Jiemian Hebei.
Coffee. A century-old lane fills with coffee aroma; old and new meet in a fresh guise. When grey brick and dark tiles encounter the rising scent of modern coffee, what kind of spark passes between two eras?
Step into Boyan Ancient Town and a brand-new look greets you. Stylish, carefully designed photo settings are scattered among the courtyards of the old buildings, and work on several feature spots is in its final stages. Boyan is a National Historic and Cultural Town and a China Traditional Village, with a deep and long-standing heritage. Building on that history, Boyan Coffee Town has been comprehensively created and upgraded: construction at the main sites is now complete and all the photogenic settings are ready, with the official street opening set for September 25.
A thousand years of cultural depth and a wave of fashionable new businesses are moving toward each other, and the old town will welcome visitors from every direction in an entirely new guise.
According to the plan, Boyan Coffee Town will house 27 venues divided into three zones — a historic cultural district, a coffee street and a food street — covering coffee themes, food and drink, and Chinese herbal specialities, and bringing together tourism check-ins, cultural-creative products, hands-on workshops, family study activities and leisure spending.
Coffee Street: café culture in an old lane, new ideas in creative goods
With the renovation complete, the town’s first coffee shop has finished its trial runs and the first cup of Boyan Coffee Town coffee has been poured. Within the coffee street, a coffee story hall, a tea-and-coffee house and a roasting experience space have all been built. Alongside classics such as lattes and americanos, the street is introducing signature “old lane” creations that incorporate local culture.
There is more here than fragrant coffee: it is also a place for young people to visit and play. Artistic settings and distinctive displays fill the street and create a strong atmosphere, so even a casual snapshot can look striking. The town has also built a creative upcycling system for coffee grounds, turning coffee waste into notebooks, gift boxes, everyday accessories and other souvenirs; visitors can join hands-on workshops to make their own piece and take a memory of Boyan home.
Historic Cultural District: looking back at the past, immersed in intangible heritage
Walking through the historic cultural district in traditional Chinese-style clothing is another experience altogether. The exhibition hall on Zhou Enlai’s research visit to Boyan and the Wu’an Merchant Guild Culture Museum preserve valuable revolutionary history and the story of the region’s merchant guilds. Deqintang and Deqingtai draw on traditional Chinese medicine resources from the Taihang Mountains, while Yanzhao Huashang presents Chinese-style costume; intangible-heritage handicrafts, traditional cloth work and distinctive objects are displayed throughout, letting visitors feel the appeal of local heritage at first hand.
Food Street: local flavour and everyday warmth
All the businesses in the food street are ready. Boyan smoked meat, Huoshui traditional-method vinegar, brine tofu and other Wu’an specialities are standing by to offer visitors an authentic taste of local life.
After the opening, the Xu family courtyard and the Fang family courtyard will host live performances, with trend shows and coffee competitions taking turns on stage. A further programme of cultural-tourism events will follow, including the 2026 China Coffee Brewing, Cupping and Latte Art City Competitions, the live show “Return of the Merchant Guilds”, costumed street-character parades and themed performances, all adding to the visitor experience.
Boyan Coffee Town works on a “tourism plus every trade” development idea, pushing the deep integration of revolutionary history, merchant-guild heritage and local folk customs with modern consumer businesses, and building a new kind of leisure space in an ancient town where visitors are happy to linger. When the street opens, visitors will be able to walk the old grey flagstone lanes, savour a fragrant coffee, and read the history and everyday life of Wu’an in a setting where old charm meets new scenery.
September 25. Come and have a cup of coffee at Boyan Coffee Town.
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